Lac Grenville Fishing in Laurentides, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Grenville sits in Laurentides, out in Quebec. The shore lies 30 km out. With some 23 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. With about 2.6 km of edge, you can try several depths in one session. Head to Brownsburg-Chatham, 19 km away, for anything you forgot. The nearest city of size is Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne, 65 km away. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Lac Grenville

  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. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. County-wide records name pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch and brook trout. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. The near bank of Lac Grenville is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 19°C and January reads -13°C. Winter puts a hard lid on this one. The open season starts with the thaw, near enough late April. Break-up near late April, freeze-up near early December: that is the shape of an average year. June through September is the settled part of the year, with the shoulders busier for fish. Lac Grenville fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. For a change of water, Lac Keatley is 1 km distant. Treat access at Lac Grenville as something to verify.