Lac Demele near Lac-Simon: Fishing Spots, Seasons and Access

• Overview

  Set in Laurentides, Lac Demele is a Quebec water. Beyond the shoreline you have mixed forest. At about 20 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. There is roughly 2.7 km of shoreline here, which is a short walk end to end. Lac-Simon sits 8.7 km from the bank. La Conception follows at 10 km, then La Minerve at 20 km. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lac Demele

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Records held for Laurentides cover pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch and brook trout. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. The shape of Lac Demele rewards a slow walk along one bank.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 18°C, while January sits near -14°C. The middle months are generous; the ends are demanding. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near late April. Open water usually runs from late April until about late November. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. Lac Demele runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Ask in the nearest town if you are unsure. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Failing this one, try Petit lac Demele, 0.4 km away. For Lac Demele, the notice at the access point is the final word.