Lac du Chat-Huant Fishing Guide, Lanaudière, Quebec

• Overview

  The Lanaudière end of Quebec holds Lac du Chat-Huant. The ground round it is spruce and muskeg. At roughly 7 hectares, the whole thing is within casting reach of a single walk. You are 30 km from Manawan. It is 143 km to Trois-Rivières, the nearest city. Within a short run: Lac Diane the better part of 0.6 km, Lac Annick about 0.9 km, Lac du Canton the better part of 1.8 km, Lac Doride about 2.2 km and Lac Boulle the better part of 2.8 km. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Chat-Huant

  Our records carry no depth, so judge it from the bank. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Survey and observation records for Lanaudière include pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch and rock bass. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. At Lac du Chat-Huant the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 17°C and January near -16°C. Cold dominates the calendar on water this far north. Count the season from break-up, usually early May. From about early May to around mid November, expect open water on the long-run figures. The first weeks of open water and the last are the ones to plan for. It holds true on Lac du Chat-Huant more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Ownership and access are not documented in what we hold. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Lac Diane sits 0.6 km off and takes the overflow. What applies at Lac du Chat-Huant may have changed since it was mapped.