Fishing at Lac Desjardins, Laurentides, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Desjardins is one of the Laurentides listings for Quebec. Land around it is mixed forest. Small at around 6 hectares: two anglers spread out cover most of it. Saint-Hippolyte lies 4.6 km from the water. Piedmont is 5.1 km and Prévost 5.6 km. Close by you also have: Lac Montaubois after 0.6 km, Lac Trecarre at about 0.6 km, Lac Beaver after 0.9 km, Lac Tracy at about 1.1 km and Lac Gordon after 1.8 km. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lac Desjardins

  Nothing we hold settles how deep this runs. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Survey and observation records for Laurentides include pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass and yellow perch. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. The shape of Lac Desjardins rewards a slow walk along one bank.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 19°C and January at -13°C. Hard water is a season in its own right here. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around late April. Climate averages put the opening at about late April and the closing near late November. From the thaw to midsummer the fishing improves week by week. Plan around that when you fish Lac Desjardins.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. Formal access is not mapped, so the last stretch is likely on foot. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Check whether a boat is allowed before you tow one. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. If the gate is shut, Lac Montaubois at 0.6 km is the nearest alternative. Treat Lac Desjardins as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.