Fishing at Lac des Roches, Laurentides, Quebec

• Overview

  Laurentides, Quebec, is where Lac des Roches sits. The setting is rolling bush. About 1.16 sq km, so local knowledge or a boat saves a lot of walking. With 7.8 km or so of shoreline, boat anglers cover ground the bank cannot. Few waters listed in Laurentides are bigger. La Minerve lies 12 km from the water. Lac-Simon is 15 km away, with La Conception at 18 km. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Lac des Roches

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Fish documented in Laurentides include pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass and yellow perch. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. On Lac des Roches the quiet end is the one worth the extra effort.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The year swings from about -14°C in January to roughly 18°C in July. The year splits cleanly: hard water, then open water. Ice-out usually falls in late April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Open water usually runs from late April until about late November. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. That is the shape of the year on Lac des Roches.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Ask in the nearest town if you are unsure. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Petit lac Lardy, 0.6 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing on Lac des Roches should be assumed from this page alone.