Lac Filion Fishing near Rivière-Rouge, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Filion lies in Laurentides, Quebec. The water sits 233 metres up. It covers about 7 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. You are 12 km from Rivière-Rouge. Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne sits 107 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. Nearby, in order: Lac a Joe after 1.8 km, Lac Tolido (2.7 km), Lac Sherif after 3.2 km, Lac Tortue (3.4 km) and Lac Sapin after 3.7 km. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Lac Filion

  Our records hold no depth for this water. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Public occurrence data for Laurentides names pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, brook trout and rock bass. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Fish Lac Filion where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 18°C and January about -14°C. The year splits cleanly: hard water, then open water. Break-up comes around late April, and the run that follows is short and strong. The water is typically free of ice between late April and late November. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. Anyone fishing Lac Filion regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. No made access appears within a short radius, so plan to park on a verge and walk. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Lac a Joe, 1.8 km away, makes the obvious fallback. The position on Lac Filion is worth confirming on the day.