Lac du Call Puant in Laurentides: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Lac du Call Puant is one of the Laurentides waters in Quebec. The country round it is spruce and muskeg from end to end. Surface area runs to about 3 hectares — small enough to read in one session. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Laurentides. Ferme-Neuve sits 97 km from here and is the nearest stop. It is 226 km to Gatineau, the nearest city. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Call Puant

  Depth is unknown to us, and the shoreline is the better guide. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Reported across Laurentides: pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, brook trout and rock bass. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. Work Lac du Call Puant in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 17°C and January at -17°C. The window is narrow, and fish feed hard while it lasts. After early May the shallows warm and the fish move up. The season between ice runs from about early May to mid November. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. That is the shape of the year on Lac du Call Puant.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. Nothing formal is recorded here: no ramp, no car park, no marked path. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Bank access can be seasonal on ground like this. Check whether bait restrictions apply before you buy any. Lac du Francais at 0.7 km is the sensible second choice. Confirm before you fish Lac du Call Puant.