Lac du Buffle Fishing near Manawan, Quebec

• Overview

  Set in Lanaudière, Quebec, this is Lac du Buffle. It sits at 417 metres above sea level. The water measures roughly 4 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. The closest town, Manawan, is 34 km away. It is 203 km to Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne, the nearest city. Neighbouring water: Lac Dellerm at 1.2 km, Lac Chikapi some 1.7 km off, Lac Oven at 3.2 km, Lac aux Goujons some 3.3 km off and Lac du Pic-Bois at 3.6 km. No boundary runs near, so the local rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Buffle

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Fish documented in Lanaudière include pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, rock bass and brook trout. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. Work Lac du Buffle in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from -16°C in January up to 17°C in July. The year here is short and sharp: a long lid, then a burst of open water. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly early May. On the long-run averages the water opens up around early May and starts locking again about mid November. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. It sets the rhythm of the year at Lac du Buffle.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. Formal access is not mapped, so the last stretch is likely on foot. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. For a change of water, Lac Dellerm is 1.2 km distant. Nothing on Lac du Buffle should be assumed from this page alone.