Fishing Lac des Ukrainiens in Lanaudière, Quebec

• Overview

  This water sits in Lanaudière, Quebec. The bank gives way to mixed forest. The whole thing is a single swim; walk it in a minute. Our Lanaudière list holds plenty of bigger water. For supplies, Chertsey is 2 km out. It is 43 km to Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne, the nearest city. The county edge is within a short distance of the bank.

• Where to Fish on Lac des Ukrainiens

  Depth figures are not published for this one. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Lanaudière records list pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch and rock bass among the fish reported. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Lac des Ukrainiens repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 18°C; the cold one sits at -13°C. A solid cap is the normal state through winter. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around late April. Climate figures give an open season running late April to late November. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. That shapes the year on Lac des Ukrainiens.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. Parking is not close: 1.3 km from the bank, and no nearer option is mapped. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. The nearest alternative is Lac Marcel, 0.4 km out. Rules at Lac des Ukrainiens are worth checking on the day.