Lac du Quarante-Cinq Fishing in Laurentides, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac du Quarante-Cinq sits within Laurentides in Quebec. The water sits 398 metres up. The water covers some 10 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. A shoreline of some 2.1 km keeps the choices simple. Supplies mean a trip to Rivière-Rouge, 25 km off. The big place round here is Orléans, 128 km distant. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Quarante-Cinq

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Public occurrence data for Laurentides names pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, brook trout and rock bass. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Lac du Quarante-Cinq gives up its fish to patience rather than distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 18°C at the top of summer and -15°C at the bottom of winter. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from late April. Climate averages put the opening at about late April and the closing near late November. Late spring and early autumn carry the year between them. It holds true on Lac du Quarante-Cinq more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether the bank is open is not something our records settle. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Access is unmapped, which usually means a farm track and a walk. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. The nearest alternative is Lac Dominion, 0.9 km out. Nothing on Lac du Quarante-Cinq should be assumed from this page alone.