Lac Dore in Lanaudière: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Quebec holds Lac Dore, in Lanaudière. The setting is taiga. For supplies, Manawan is 23 km out. After that come Saint-Michel-des-Saints at 49 km and Rivière-Rouge at 78 km. Near neighbours: Lac Chantier a shade over 0.7 km, Lac Brochet 0.9 km, Lac du Cafe a shade over 1.4 km, Lac Boivin 1.9 km and Lac du The a shade over 1.9 km. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lac Dore

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Across Lanaudière, recorded fish include pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass and yellow perch. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Lac Dore gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July near 16°C and January near -16°C on the long-run figures. The freeze holds for the better part of the year. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near early May. Climate figures give an open season running early May to mid November. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. At Lac Dore the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. You can camp about 350 m away, going by the mapping. 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. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Lac Chantier, 0.7 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Rules at Lac Dore are worth checking on the day.