Lac de l'Anserine Fishing near Manawan, Quebec

• Overview

  Look for Lac de l'Anserine in the Lanaudière part of Quebec. The setting is boreal forest on every side. The closest town, Manawan, is 28 km away. The nearest city of size is Trois-Rivières, 150 km away. Nearest other option: 0.7 km out stands Lac Kakinockokamacik, Lac du Morillon near enough 1.2 km, 2.9 km out stands Lac du Barrage, Lac Adrien near enough 3 km and 3.3 km out stands Lac du Corlieu. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Lac de l'Anserine

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Species logged across Lanaudière include pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch and rock bass. The county list is broader than any single water. On Lac de l'Anserine the quiet end is the one worth the extra effort.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 17°C; the cold one sits at -16°C. Cold dominates the calendar on water this far north. Once it clears, about early May, the fishing comes on quickly. Going by climate averages, expect open water from about early May until roughly mid November. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Anyone fishing Lac de l'Anserine regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. For a change of water, Lac Kakinockokamacik is 0.7 km distant. Treat Lac de l'Anserine as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.