Lac Fon-Fon Fishing in Lanaudière, Quebec

• Overview

  Out in Lanaudière, Quebec, sits Lac Fon-Fon. Height above sea level is 327 metres. This is a pocket water of some 2 hectares, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. It is a small entry by Lanaudière standards. Nearest town is Saint-Michel-des-Saints, 46 km off. The big place round here is Trois-Rivières, 95 km distant. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Lac Fon-Fon

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Open biodiversity records for Lanaudière list pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass and yellow perch. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. The near bank of Lac Fon-Fon is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 17°C and January at -15°C. A solid cap is the normal state through winter. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around late April. On average, late April opens the water and late November closes it again. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. Lac Fon-Fon runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  There is no clear statement anywhere on who can fish it. Formal access is not mapped, so the last stretch is likely on foot. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Ask in the nearest town if you are unsure. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Lac Orignal, 0.7 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Treat Lac Fon-Fon as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.