Lac des Ratons, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Lac des Ratons sits in Laurentides, out in Quebec. The bank gives way to pine and birch. The water measures roughly 6 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. Nearest place of any size is Mont-Laurier, 29 km away. La Minerve follows at 39 km, then Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel at 41 km. What else is close: Petit lac Puant (0.8 km), Lac a Foin at 1.4 km, Petit lac Flood (2.1 km), Lac Perdu at 2.5 km and Lac a David (3 km). It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Lac des Ratons

  No figure exists for depth, so let the water show you. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Fish documented in Laurentides include pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch and brook trout. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. Fish Lac des Ratons to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 18°C at the top of summer and -14°C at the bottom of winter. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer and winter test it. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around late April. Expect the water usable from around late April until roughly late November. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. On Lac des Ratons that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing we hold confirms whether access is permitted. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Take the rules with you rather than trusting memory. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Petit lac Puant at 0.8 km is the sensible second choice. The position on Lac des Ratons is worth confirming on the day.