Fishing Lac Du Verny in Lanaudière, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Du Verny stands in Lanaudière, Quebec. The bank is 488 metres above sea level. It runs to roughly 21 hectares — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. Around 2.9 km of margin, front to back. You are 28 km from Manawan. The nearest city of size is Trois-Rivières, 143 km away. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Lac Du Verny

  Depth is unknown to us, and the shoreline is the better guide. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Species logged across Lanaudière include pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, rock bass and brook trout. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. On Lac Du Verny the first feature you find is usually worth a session.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about -16°C and July at about 17°C, the water has a wide range to work through. Everything is compressed into the middle of the year. The open season starts with the thaw, near enough early May. Climate figures give an open season running early May to mid November. The middle of summer slows a little, with dawn and dusk carrying it. Lac Du Verny fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. 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. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Failing this one, try Lac du Mulot, 1.7 km away. Where Lac Du Verny is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.