Lac Flail, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Lanaudière, Quebec, is where Lac Flail sits. Beyond the shoreline you have boreal forest. The water covers some 50 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. The edge covers about 6.0 km, enough to hold several distinct areas. Few waters listed in Lanaudière are bigger. For a base, Manawan sits 44 km out. Weymontachie is 61 km away, with Saint-Michel-des-Saints at 75 km. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Lac Flail

  Our records hold no depth for this water. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Open biodiversity records for Lanaudière list pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch and rock bass. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. The shape of Lac Flail decides where the fish sit.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Typical July readings run about 17°C; by January the average is down near -16°C. This far north the hard season runs and runs. Break-up comes around early May, and the run that follows is short and strong. Break-up near early May, freeze-up near mid November: that is the shape of an average year. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. Plan around that when you fish Lac Flail.

• Tackle & Baits

  Ownership and access are not documented in what we hold. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Lac Fob at 0.7 km is the sensible second choice. What applies at Lac Flail may have changed since it was mapped.