Lac du Brochet in Laurentides: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Lac du Brochet falls in Laurentides, part of Quebec. The surface lies 188 metres up. Roughly 16 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. The edge runs 2.1 km or so, easy to work in an afternoon. Ground here is low by Quebec standards. Nearest place of any size is Saint-Adolphe-d'Howard, 16 km away. Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne is the closest city, 65 km away. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Brochet

  No figure exists for depth, so let the water show you. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Fish documented in Laurentides include pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass and yellow perch. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. On Lac du Brochet that means starting tight and working out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 19°C in July and bottoms out near -13°C in January. Winter shuts the surface down for months. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about late April. In an average year the thaw lands around late April and the freeze near early December. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. That shapes the year on Lac du Brochet.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Centre Nature TerraVie takes in this water; protected-area rules will apply. Local rules can differ across the county line, so check where you stand. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. For a change of water, Lac Rond is 2.2 km distant. Treat access at Lac du Brochet as something to verify.