Fishing at Lac Flin, Laurentides, Quebec

• Overview

  Within Laurentides, Quebec, you have Lac Flin. Country round the bank runs to rolling bush. Small at around 2 hectares: two anglers spread out cover most of it. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Laurentides. La Minerve is the closest place, 14 km off. Further out sit Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel (24 km) and Rivière-Rouge (28 km). No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Lac Flin

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Records held for Laurentides cover pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, brook trout and rock bass. County data is a starting point rather than a guarantee. Lac Flin repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 18°C for July and -14°C for January. The year runs cold to warm and back, with clear transitions. Break-up comes around late April, and the run that follows is short and strong. In an average year the thaw lands around late April and the freeze near late November. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. It holds true on Lac Flin more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Lac du Lecanore, 0.8 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing on Lac Flin should be assumed from this page alone.