Lac des Bouleaux Fishing Guide, Montérégie, Quebec

• Overview

  In Quebec, Lac des Bouleaux falls inside Montérégie. The surface lies 129 metres up. The water covers some 12 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. Bank access stretches around 1.5 km in total. By elevation it sits in the lower part of our Quebec listings. Nearest town is Sainte-Julie, 3.3 km off. Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville lies 3.5 km off, Saint-Basile-le-Grand another 3.6 km. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Lac des Bouleaux

  Depth figures are not published for this one. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Survey and observation records for Montérégie include lake sturgeon, pumpkinseed, tench and common carp. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. On Lac des Bouleaux a short move beats a long cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 21°C and January at -11°C. Four clear seasons, with a proper winter at one end. The open season starts with the thaw, near enough mid April. Averages place the thaw at mid April and the freeze at early December. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. Plan around that when you fish Lac des Bouleaux.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Parking is not close: 1.4 km from the bank, and no nearer option is mapped. A picnic area is mapped about 370 m away. There is a toilet block some 240 m out. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. The nearest alternative is Lac a la Tortue, 0.5 km out. Nothing here settles the position at Lac des Bouleaux for certain.