Lac du Sarrasin Fishing Guide, Lanaudière, Quebec

• Overview

  Out in Lanaudière, Quebec, sits Lac du Sarrasin. Elevation runs to 403 metres. It covers about 5 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Start from Manawan, 43 km down the road. After that come Weymontachie at 53 km and Saint-Michel-des-Saints at 84 km. Within easy reach: Lac Lastex 0.8 km, Lac Crane 1.1 km off, Lac de la Samare 1.1 km, Lac Avril 1.1 km off and Lac Giro 1.5 km. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Sarrasin

  Depth is unmeasured here, so let the shoreline guide you. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Reported across Lanaudière: pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, rock bass and brook trout. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Lac du Sarrasin gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 17°C at the top of summer and -16°C at the bottom of winter. Open water is the exception rather than the rule here. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around early May. Averages place the thaw at early May and the freeze at mid November. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. The season on Lac du Sarrasin rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. Lac Lastex sits 0.8 km off and takes the overflow. Ask locally about Lac du Sarrasin if anything is unclear.