Lac du Voleur in Lanaudière: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Set in Lanaudière, Quebec, this is Lac du Voleur. It lies 506 metres above sea level. A splashy cast here empties the swim; a quiet one owns it. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Lanaudière. Saint-Michel-des-Saints lies 24 km from the water. The big place round here is Trois-Rivières, 89 km distant. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Voleur

  Open data we checked carries no depth for this water. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Reported across Lanaudière: pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, rock bass and brook trout. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Fish Lac du Voleur to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July to average close to 17°C, with January the cold end at about -15°C. Four clear seasons, with a proper winter at one end. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly early May. The lid tends to go about early May and return around late November. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. Lac du Voleur runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  Ownership and access are not documented in what we hold. Access points are not mapped for this water, which suits people who like quiet. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. Lac Daniet at 1.2 km is the sensible second choice. Ask locally about Lac du Voleur if anything is unclear.