Lac Deslauriers in Laurentides: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Lac Deslauriers is one of the Laurentides listings for Quebec. Country round the bank runs to mixed forest. It covers about 4 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Saint-Donat-de-Montcalm sits 16 km from the bank. The big place round here is Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne, 60 km distant. It sits near the edge of the county, so check which rules apply.

• Where to Fish on Lac Deslauriers

  Open data we checked carries no depth for this water. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Reported across Laurentides: pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, brook trout and rock bass. The list covers the county rather than this water alone, so treat it as a guide. Lac Deslauriers gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about -14°C and July at about 18°C, the water has a wide range to work through. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. Once it clears, about late April, the fishing comes on quickly. On the long-run averages the water opens up around late April and starts locking again about late November. The middle of summer slows a little, with dawn and dusk carrying it. Lac Deslauriers runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. Nothing formal is recorded here: no ramp, no car park, no marked path. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Look for a notice board at the entrance. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Lac Larocque, 0.9 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Check the position on Lac Deslauriers before loading the car.