Fishing at Lac du Moulinet, Lanaudière, Quebec

• Overview

  In Quebec, Lac du Moulinet falls inside Lanaudière. The water sits 494 metres up. The water measures roughly 5 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. You are 38 km from Manawan. Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne sits 205 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. Neighbouring water: Lac Oven some 1.2 km off, 1.3 km away is Lac Dry, Lac Blaze some 2.9 km off, 3.1 km away is Lac de la Seve and Lac Fork some 3.7 km off. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Moulinet

  Depth here is unknown, so count the lead down before committing. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Records held for Lanaudière cover pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch and rock bass. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. On Lac du Moulinet the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about -16°C and July at about 17°C, the water has a wide range to work through. The fishing year opens late and shuts early. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly early May. Climate averages put the opening at about early May and the closing near mid November. Late spring and early autumn carry the year between them. That is the shape of the year on Lac du Moulinet.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing we hold confirms whether access is permitted. There is no recorded infrastructure here; expect to find your own way in. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. For a change of water, Lac Oven is 1.2 km distant. Treat Lac du Moulinet as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.