Fishing Lac Grenay in Lanaudière, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Grenay lies in Lanaudière, in Quebec. Elevation runs to 513 metres. The water measures roughly 3 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. Our Lanaudière list holds plenty of bigger water. For supplies, Saint-Michel-des-Saints is 26 km out. The big place round here is Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne, 83 km distant. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lac Grenay

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Open biodiversity records for Lanaudière list pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, rock bass and brook trout. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. Lac Grenay responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 17°C; the cold one sits at -15°C. Winter closes the water for a while, and the reopening is worth catching. Count the season from break-up, usually late April. The water is typically free of ice between late April and late November. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. That shapes the year on Lac Grenay.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Look for a notice board at the entrance. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Lac des Fraises, 0.7 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Where Lac Grenay is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.