Fishing at Lac des Ventres Rouges, Laurentides, Quebec

• Overview

  You will find Lac des Ventres Rouges in Laurentides, Quebec. The country round it is spruce and muskeg from end to end. At 6 hectares it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. Ferme-Neuve is the closest place, 82 km off. For a city, Gatineau is 214 km off. The nearest boundary is a fair way off. The bank is open in stretches and thick in others.

• Where to Fish on Lac des Ventres Rouges

  We hold no depth figure for this one. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Fish documented in Laurentides include pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, brook trout and rock bass. Species recorded across the county may be limited to a few waters. Read Lac des Ventres Rouges before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 17°C, while January sits near -17°C. Water stays cold even at the height of the year. Ice-out usually falls in early May, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Break-up sits around early May on average, with the water closing again about mid November. The first weeks of open water and the last are the ones to plan for. Time your trip to Lac des Ventres Rouges by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Should this one be busy, Lac Schierbeck is 1.1 km off. Where Lac des Ventres Rouges is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.