Lac du Bois Dur, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Lac du Bois Dur is one of the Laurentides waters in Quebec. The surface lies 337 metres up. Surface area runs to about 8 hectares — small enough to read in one session. The closest town, Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel, is 27 km distant. La Minerve lies 33 km off, Mont-Laurier another 44 km. Near neighbours include: Lac Noironte about 1 km, Lac Origny within 1.3 km, Lac McKavanaugh about 1.6 km, Lac Cyprien within 1.7 km and Lac Memere about 2 km. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Bois Dur

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Public occurrence data for Laurentides names pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch and brook trout. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. The near bank of Lac du Bois Dur is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 18°C, while January sits near -14°C. Expect a real winter and a strong spring after it. Ice is part of the season here, ending near late April. Going by climate averages, expect open water from about late April until roughly late November. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. Plan around that when you fish Lac du Bois Dur.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. There is no recorded infrastructure here; expect to find your own way in. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Lac Noironte, 1 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Confirm before you fish Lac du Bois Dur.