Lac du Perou, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Set in Lanaudière, Lac du Perou is a Quebec water. The surface lies 544 metres up. Compared with other Quebec water on our list, it sits high. You are 37 km from Manawan. Further out sit Weymontachie (68 km) and Leblanc (82 km). Close by you have: Lac Jef about 1.8 km, Lac Jean (2.1 km), Lac Kakw about 2.2 km, Lac Claude (2.4 km) and Lac Mau about 2.5 km. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Perou

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Open biodiversity records for Lanaudière list pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, rock bass and brook trout. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. On Lac du Perou the first feature you find is usually worth a session.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 16°C at the top of summer and -16°C at the bottom of winter. This far north the hard season runs and runs. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about early May. Climate averages put the opening at about early May and the closing near mid November. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. That shapes the year on Lac du Perou.

• Tackle & Baits

  There is no clear statement anywhere on who can fish it. Mapping shows an empty shoreline: no ramp, no jetty, no marked entry. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. For a change of water, Lac Jef is 1.8 km distant. For Lac du Perou, the notice at the access point is the final word.