Lac Forget near La Conception: Fishing Spots, Seasons and Access

• Overview

  Lac Forget sits in Laurentides, out in Quebec. The setting is mixed forest. Roughly 28 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. Shoreline comes to about 3.2 km, small enough to learn in a day. It ranks high for size among our Laurentides listings. La Conception at 6.2 km is the nearest place to stop. The big place round here is Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne, 80 km distant. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lac Forget

  The records we hold are silent on depth, so plan to find it yourself. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Open biodiversity records for Laurentides list pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass and yellow perch. The county list is broader than any single water. Work Lac Forget in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 19°C and January near -14°C. A solid cap is the normal state through winter. The lid usually sets by midwinter and gives way around late April. The lid tends to go about late April and return around late November. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. On Lac Forget the same rules apply, with local timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. For a change of water, Lac Travers is 0.8 km distant. For Lac Forget in particular, ask before you travel.