Fishing Lac du Boise in Lanaudière, Quebec

• Overview

  Set in Lanaudière, Quebec, this is Lac du Boise. Height above sea level is 480 metres. Manawan sits 21 km from the bank. Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne sits 154 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. Water in the same corner: Lac de la Hutte some 1.2 km off, Lac Bibite roughly 1.2 km, Lac de la Pitoune some 1.2 km off, Lac du Bosquet roughly 1.3 km and Lac du Mousse some 1.4 km off. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Boise

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Species logged across Lanaudière include pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch and rock bass. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. On Lac du Boise the first feature you find is usually worth a session.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July near 17°C and January near -16°C on the long-run figures. Cold dominates the calendar on water this far north. The lid usually goes in early May, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. In an average year the thaw lands around early May and the freeze near mid November. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. Lac du Boise fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Look for a notice board at the entrance. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Lac de la Hutte, 1.2 km away, makes the obvious fallback. For Lac du Boise, the notice at the access point is the final word.