Lac des Oliviers Fishing in Lanaudière, Quebec

• Overview

  You will find Lac des Oliviers in Lanaudière, Quebec. The bank gives way to boreal forest. At 4 hectares it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. It sits higher than most water we list in Quebec. Manawan sits 22 km from here and is the nearest stop. After that come Saint-Michel-des-Saints at 60 km and Rivière-Rouge at 74 km. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Lac des Oliviers

  Depth is unmeasured here, so let the shoreline guide you. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Open biodiversity records for Lanaudière list pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch and rock bass. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. On Lac des Oliviers the first feature you find is usually worth a session.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 16°C and January at -16°C. Winter runs most of the calendar, and everything worth doing happens in the gap. Once it clears, about early May, the fishing comes on quickly. Climate figures give an open season running early May to mid November. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. Plan around that when you fish Lac des Oliviers.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. The map shows no ramp or car park nearby, so this is a walk-in water. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Ask in the nearest town if you are unsure. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Should this one be busy, Lac des Hetres is 2 km off. Rules at Lac des Oliviers are worth checking on the day.