Lac des Camps Fishing near Lac-Simon, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac des Camps is one of the Laurentides waters in Quebec. What surrounds it is rolling bush. With some 36 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. The whole outline is near 3.7 km, and most of it is walkable. It is among the larger waters listed here for Laurentides. Lac-Simon lies 4.1 km from the water. The big place round here is Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne, 92 km distant. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Lac des Camps

  Depth figures are not published for this one. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Open biodiversity records for Laurentides list pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass and yellow perch. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. The shape of Lac des Camps decides where the fish sit.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 18°C and January near -14°C. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly late April. Break-up near late April, freeze-up near late November: that is the shape of an average year. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Plan any trip to Lac des Camps around it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Access is unmapped, which usually means a farm track and a walk. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Should this one be busy, Lac E is 0.8 km off. Confirm access to Lac des Camps locally before you travel.