Lac de la Tour Fishing near Saint-Michel-des-Saints, Quebec

• Overview

  You will find Lac de la Tour in Lanaudière, Quebec. Country round the bank runs to boreal forest. About 6 hectares of surface, which puts the far bank inside easy sight. 34 km away sits Saint-Michel-des-Saints, the nearest town. Beyond it, Manawan at 36 km and Saint-Donat-de-Montcalm at 67 km. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac de la Tour

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Lanaudière records list pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, rock bass and brook trout among the fish reported. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. At Lac de la Tour the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 17°C and January at -16°C. Little of the calendar is open water, so timing counts for everything. Ice-out usually falls in early May, and the weeks after it fish hardest. The season between ice runs from about early May to mid November. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. Lac de la Tour runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. Nothing built is recorded close to the bank here. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. For a change of water, Lac Forget is 0.5 km distant. Treat access at Lac de la Tour as something to verify.