Lac Dupuis in Lanaudière: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Within Lanaudière, Quebec, you have Lac Dupuis. The surroundings are rolling bush. It covers about 5 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. By elevation it sits in the lower part of our Quebec listings. Chertsey is the closest place, 0.6 km off. For a city, Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne is 42 km off. The boundary is near enough that local access rules are worth double-checking.

• Where to Fish on Lac Dupuis

  Our records carry no depth, so judge it from the bank. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Lanaudière records list pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, rock bass and brook trout among the fish reported. The county list is broader than any single water. Fish Lac Dupuis to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 19°C and January about -13°C. Winter puts a hard lid on this one. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly late April. Break-up near late April, freeze-up near late November: that is the shape of an average year. Spring is short and heavy here; autumn is longer and steadier. It holds true on Lac Dupuis more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  There is no clear statement anywhere on who can fish it. The nearest car park is 200 m from the water. Mapping records toilets within 630 m. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. Failing this one, try Lac Vivi, 0.9 km away. What applies at Lac Dupuis may have changed since it was mapped.