Lac en Pointe de Fleche Fishing in Lanaudière, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac en Pointe de Fleche lies in Lanaudière, in Quebec. It stands 473 metres above sea level. Surface area is around 33 hectares, which gives you real water without needing a boat. Roughly 3.3 km of bank means you can walk to a fresh area when one goes quiet. On our Lanaudière list it sits near the top for size. Start from Saint-Donat-de-Montcalm, 32 km down the road. For a city, Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne is 108 km off. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Lac en Pointe de Fleche

  Open data we checked carries no depth for this water. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Fish documented in Lanaudière include pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass and yellow perch. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Anyone new to Lac en Pointe de Fleche should walk it once before setting up.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July to average close to 17°C, with January the cold end at about -15°C. The year runs cold to warm and back, with clear transitions. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around early May. Break-up sits around early May on average, with the water closing again about late November. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. On Lac en Pointe de Fleche the same rules apply, with local timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. No made access is recorded, so a short walk in is the likely arrangement. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. For a change of water, Lac Bohal is 0.9 km distant. The position on Lac en Pointe de Fleche is worth confirming on the day.