Lac Duret Fishing Guide, Laurentides, Quebec

• Overview

  You will find Lac Duret in Laurentides, Quebec. The bank is 436 metres above sea level. With some 11 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. About 3.0 km of bank, so nothing stays unexplored for long. For a base, Rivière-Rouge sits 44 km out. Manawan is 53 km away, with Labelle at 57 km. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Lac Duret

  Depth is unmeasured here, so let the shoreline guide you. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Species logged across Laurentides include pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch and brook trout. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. The shape of Lac Duret rewards a slow walk along one bank.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 17°C and January near -15°C. Cold winters and warm summers give a wide working range. Once it clears, about late April, the fishing comes on quickly. On the long-run averages the water opens up around late April and starts locking again about mid November. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. On Lac Duret that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Failing this one, try Lac Adrien, 1.1 km away. For Lac Duret in particular, ask before you travel.