Lac des Amis Fishing near Laurentides, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac des Amis is one of the Capitale-Nationale waters in Quebec. Land around it is lake country bush. At roughly 5 hectares, the whole thing is within casting reach of a single walk. The closest town, Laurentides, is 6.1 km away. The big place round here is Sainte-Foy, 79 km distant. Not far off: Lac Gosselin a touch under 0.7 km, Lac Stein some 1.4 km off, Lac Jamot a touch under 1.8 km, Lac Filiforme some 2 km off and Lac Pelletier a touch under 2.3 km. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lac des Amis

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Survey and observation records for Capitale-Nationale include lake sturgeon, Atlantic sturgeon, longnose sucker, sauger and channel catfish. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Fish Lac des Amis where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs -15°C to 17°C. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around late April. Climate figures give an open season running late April to late November. The middle of summer slows a little, with dawn and dusk carrying it. The season on Lac des Amis rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. Nothing in the way of made access shows up nearby: no ramp, no car park, no path. For walleye, a jig and minnow near the bottom is the standard; evenings beat middays. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Lac Gosselin at 0.7 km is the sensible second choice. Nothing here settles the position at Lac des Amis for certain.