Fishing Lac des Sturnelles in Laurentides, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac des Sturnelles stands in Laurentides, Quebec. The surface lies 309 metres up. This is a pocket water of some 2 hectares, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. Most waters listed here for Laurentides are larger. Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel lies 22 km from the water. Ripon is 33 km and Saint-André-Avellin 40 km. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Lac des Sturnelles

  Depth figures are not published for this one. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Reported across Laurentides: pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, brook trout and rock bass. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Lac des Sturnelles repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 18°C; the cold one sits at -14°C. Winter shuts the surface down for months. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from late April. The open-water window runs from around late April to about late November in an average year. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. On Lac des Sturnelles that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Look for a notice board at the entrance. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. If the gate is shut, Lac du Geai Gris at 0.9 km is the nearest alternative. Where Lac des Sturnelles is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.