Fishing Lac Desmarais in Laurentides, Quebec

• Overview

  You will find Lac Desmarais in Laurentides, Quebec. The bank is 270 metres above sea level. Around 83 hectares of surface means several distinct areas to work. Shoreline length is close to 6.3 km, and each section fishes a little differently. Few waters listed in Laurentides are bigger. La Conception sits 5.2 km from the bank. Further out sit Mont-Tremblant (6 km) and Lac-Simon (7.6 km). The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lac Desmarais

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Survey and observation records for Laurentides include pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass and yellow perch. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. On Lac Desmarais the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July to average close to 18°C, with January the cold end at about -14°C. A solid cap is the normal state through winter. Count the season from break-up, usually late April. Ice clears near late April and comes back about late November in a typical year. June through September is the settled part of the year, with the shoulders busier for fish. Anyone fishing Lac Desmarais regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing we hold confirms whether access is permitted. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. You can camp about 1.4 km away, going by the mapping. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Lac Saint-Jean, 0.9 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Confirm before you fish Lac Desmarais.