Lac Dussault Fishing in Lanaudière, Quebec

• Overview

  Set in Lanaudière, Lac Dussault is a Quebec water. The bank is 421 metres above sea level. With some 18 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. The edge runs 1.8 km or so, easy to work in an afternoon. Saint-Michel-des-Saints sits 36 km from the bank. Then Manawan, 45 km, and Saint-Donat-de-Montcalm, 80 km. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Lac Dussault

  Our records carry no depth, so judge it from the bank. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Records held for Lanaudière cover pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass and yellow perch. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. At Lac Dussault the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 17°C on average, January about -15°C. The season turns properly here, and fish follow it closely. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about early May. The lid tends to go about early May and return around late November. From the thaw to midsummer the fishing improves week by week. It sets the rhythm of the year at Lac Dussault.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Lac Emery, 0.4 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Treat Lac Dussault as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.