Lac des Cormiers Fishing Guide, Lanaudière, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac des Cormiers is one of the Lanaudière listings for Quebec. This is spruce and muskeg country. It covers about 6 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. The closest town, Manawan, is 18 km distant. Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne sits 159 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Lac des Cormiers

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Open biodiversity records for Lanaudière list pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, rock bass and brook trout. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. Fish Lac des Cormiers to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from -16°C in January up to 16°C in July. The ice season is long here and the open one short. Ice-out usually falls in early May, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Open water usually runs from early May until about mid November. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. Plan around that when you fish Lac des Cormiers.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether the bank is open is not something our records settle. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Failing this one, try Lac des Merisiers, 1.2 km away. The position on Lac des Cormiers is worth confirming on the day.