Lac du Pontage Fishing near Mont-Tremblant, Quebec

• Overview

  You will find Lac du Pontage in Lanaudière, Quebec. The bank is 496 metres above sea level. About 3 hectares of surface, which puts the far bank inside easy sight. On size it sits at the modest end of our Lanaudière list. Mont-Tremblant is the closest place, 21 km off. After that come Labelle at 22 km and Saint-Donat-de-Montcalm at 23 km. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Pontage

  Nothing we hold settles how deep this runs. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. 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 and rock bass. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Read Lac du Pontage before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The year swings from about -15°C in January to roughly 17°C in July. Four clear seasons, with a proper winter at one end. Once it clears, about late April, the fishing comes on quickly. Climate figures give an open season running late April to late November. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. The season on Lac du Pontage follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. If the gate is shut, Lac Ernie at 2.1 km is the nearest alternative. For Lac du Pontage in particular, ask before you travel.