Lac des Teignes in Lanaudière: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Lac des Teignes lies in Lanaudière, in Quebec. It stands 411 metres above sea level. Small even by pond standards, it rewards one careful line. It is a small entry by Lanaudière standards. Head to Manawan, 40 km away, for anything you forgot. For a city, Trois-Rivières is 149 km off. If this one is busy: 0.2 km away is Lac Kawisaskopek, Lac Aile some 1.3 km off, 1.5 km away is Lac de la Carene, Petit lac Mos some 1.6 km off and 2 km away is Lac Valade. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Lac des Teignes

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Fish documented in Lanaudière include pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch and rock bass. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Lac des Teignes gives up its fish to patience rather than distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is -16°C to 17°C. A short, intense season is the rule this far north. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly early May. Average temperatures cross freezing around early May in spring and again near mid November in autumn. From the thaw to midsummer the fishing improves week by week. It holds true on Lac des Teignes more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  There is no clear statement anywhere on who can fish it. Nothing formal is recorded here: no ramp, no car park, no marked path. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Lac Kawisaskopek at 0.2 km is the sensible second choice. What applies at Lac des Teignes may have changed since it was mapped.