Lac Harvey, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  You will find Lac Harvey in Laurentides, Quebec. Height above sea level is 372 metres. At about 15 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. There is roughly 3.2 km of shoreline here, which is a short walk end to end. Head to La Minerve, 27 km away, for anything you forgot. Then Mont-Laurier, 31 km, and Rivière-Rouge, 33 km. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Lac Harvey

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Across Laurentides, recorded fish include pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, brook trout and rock bass. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. On Lac Harvey the quiet end is the one worth the extra effort.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 18°C at the top of summer and -14°C at the bottom of winter. Hard water is a season in its own right here. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly late April. On the long-run averages the water opens up around late April and starts locking again about late November. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. Time your trip to Lac Harvey by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. For a change of water, Petit lac Harvey is 0.7 km distant. Confirm before you fish Lac Harvey.