Lac Durocher Fishing near Saint-Raymond, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Durocher is one of the Capitale-Nationale listings for Quebec. What surrounds it is pine and birch. This is a pocket water of some 5 hectares, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. 21 km away sits Saint-Raymond, the nearest town. Laurentides is 23 km away, with Saint-Ubalde at 31 km. Nearby alternatives: Lac des Roches 0.8 km, Lac Laroche (0.9 km), Lac au Cochon 1 km, Lac Termont (1 km) and Lac Martinet 1.1 km. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac Durocher

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Survey and observation records for Capitale-Nationale include lake sturgeon, Atlantic sturgeon, longnose sucker and sauger. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. Read Lac Durocher for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 18°C and January at -15°C. A full turn of seasons, with the strongest sport on either side of summer. Once it clears, about late April, the fishing comes on quickly. Break-up near late April, freeze-up near late November: that is the shape of an average year. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. Lac Durocher fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. Fishing from a pier is possible 890 m away. Walleye come to jigs worked slow near bottom, and to trolled crankbaits along the drops at dusk. Look for a notice board at the entrance. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Lac des Roches at 0.8 km is the sensible second choice. Signs at Lac Durocher carry more weight than any list.