Fishing at Lac Dumbo, Lanaudière, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Dumbo is one of the Lanaudière listings for Quebec. The bank is 519 metres above sea level. The water covers some 58 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. With 6.1 km or so of shoreline, boat anglers cover ground the bank cannot. It is among the larger waters listed here for Lanaudière. 45 km away sits Manawan, the nearest town. Then Saint-Michel-des-Saints, 46 km, and Rivière-Rouge, 53 km. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lac Dumbo

  Our records carry no depth, so judge it from the bank. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Records held for Lanaudière cover 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. Read Lac Dumbo before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July to average close to 17°C, with January the cold end at about -16°C. Little of the calendar is open water, so timing counts for everything. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about early May. From about early May to around mid November, expect open water on the long-run figures. The middle of summer slows a little, with dawn and dusk carrying it. That shapes the year on Lac Dumbo.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. There is no recorded infrastructure here; expect to find your own way in. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Ask in the nearest town if you are unsure. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Lac Dirac at 1.9 km is the sensible second choice. For Lac Dumbo in particular, ask before you travel.