Lac des Eaux Mortes, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  You will find Lac des Eaux Mortes in Lanaudière, Quebec. What surrounds it is taiga. At about 12 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. There is roughly 2.9 km of shoreline here, which is a short walk end to end. Saint-Michel-des-Saints at 47 km is the nearest place to stop. Then Manawan, 65 km, and La Tuque, 74 km. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Lac des Eaux Mortes

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Open biodiversity records for Lanaudière list pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass and yellow perch. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. At Lac des Eaux Mortes the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 17°C and January about -16°C. The ice season is long here and the open one short. Firm cover through the cold months, then open water from early May. Average temperatures cross freezing around early May in spring and again near mid November in autumn. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. Anyone fishing Lac des Eaux Mortes regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. 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. Check whether bait restrictions apply before you buy any. If the gate is shut, Lac Elphege at 1.1 km is the nearest alternative. Signs at Lac des Eaux Mortes carry more weight than any list.