Fishing at Lac des Nymphes, Lanaudière, Quebec

• Overview

  You will find Lac des Nymphes in Lanaudière, Quebec. This is northern bush ground. This is a pocket water of some 9 hectares, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. It sits higher than most water we list in Quebec. Manawan sits 38 km from the bank. For a city, Trois-Rivières is 205 km off. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac des Nymphes

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Records held for Lanaudière cover pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass and yellow perch. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. The near bank of Lac des Nymphes is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 16°C and January near -16°C. Winter owns most of the year at this latitude. Ice-out usually falls in early May, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Break-up sits around early May on average, with the water closing again about mid November. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. Lac des Nymphes runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. There is no mapped parking or launch close by, which usually means walking in. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Failing this one, try Lac de la Paire, 1.2 km away. Nothing on Lac des Nymphes should be assumed from this page alone.