Lac Ezemar Fishing in Lanaudière, Quebec

• Overview

  Quebec holds Lac Ezemar, in Lanaudière. The ground round it is northern bush. At some 1.01 sq km it is far too large to cover on foot in a day. The shoreline runs about 8.3 km, so it pays to pick a stretch and stay with it. It ranks high for size among our Lanaudière listings. Some 18 km away sits Manawan, the nearest settlement. After that come Saint-Michel-des-Saints at 56 km and Weymontachie at 90 km. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Lac Ezemar

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Survey and observation records for Lanaudière include pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass and yellow perch. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Lac Ezemar gives up its fish to patience rather than distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about -16°C and July at about 17°C, the water has a wide range to work through. The year here is short and sharp: a long lid, then a burst of open water. The lid usually goes in early May, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Averages place the thaw at early May and the freeze at mid November. June through September is the settled part of the year, with the shoulders busier for fish. Lac Ezemar runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. No car park, ramp or path is recorded within easy reach of the shore. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Provincial rules still apply whatever the bank status. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. If the gate is shut, Lac Olive at 2 km is the nearest alternative. None of that is settled for Lac Ezemar in what we hold.