Lac du Bois Franc Fishing in Laurentides, Quebec

• Overview

  The Laurentides end of Quebec holds Lac du Bois Franc. Height above sea level is 270 metres. With some 56 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. Shoreline comes to about 3.7 km, small enough to learn in a day. It ranks high for size among our Laurentides listings. Mont-Laurier is the closest place, 14 km off. The big place round here is Gatineau, 116 km distant. A county line runs close by, so local bylaws can differ within a short drive.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Bois Franc

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Across Laurentides, recorded fish include pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, brook trout and rock bass. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. Lac du Bois Franc repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 18°C and January at -14°C. Winter puts a hard lid on this one. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about late April. Open water usually runs from late April until about late November. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. Plan around that when you fish Lac du Bois Franc.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. The map shows no ramp or car park nearby, so this is a walk-in water. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. The nearest alternative is Petit lac du Bois Franc, 1.3 km out. Treat access at Lac du Bois Franc as something to verify.