Fishing Lac du Mouton in Lanaudière, Quebec

• Overview

  In Quebec, Lac du Mouton falls inside Lanaudière. Around the bank it is boreal forest. Small enough that any disturbance crosses the whole surface. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Lanaudière. The nearest place of any size is Manawan, 29 km away. The big place round here is Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne, 151 km distant. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Mouton

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. 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. On Lac du Mouton the first feature you find is usually worth a session.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is -16°C to 16°C. The fishing year opens late and shuts early. Ice-out usually falls in early May, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Break-up sits around early May on average, with the water closing again about mid November. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. It holds true on Lac du Mouton more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. No made access is recorded, so a short walk in is the likely arrangement. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Some banks are open only from a marked point. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Should this one be busy, Lac de la Paix is 0.6 km off. What applies at Lac du Mouton may have changed since it was mapped.