Lac Inconnu Fishing in Lanaudière, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Inconnu sits within Lanaudière in Quebec. The surface lies 349 metres up. You can fish the entire water from one spot if you pick it well. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Lanaudière. Supplies mean a trip to Chertsey, 15 km off. Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne sits 57 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lac Inconnu

  Depth figures are not published for this one. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Reported across Lanaudière: pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch and rock bass. The list covers the county rather than this water alone, so treat it as a guide. Lac Inconnu gives up its fish to patience rather than distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 18°C on average, January about -14°C. Winter puts a hard lid on this one. Ice-out usually falls in late April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. On the long-run averages the water opens up around late April and starts locking again about late November. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. Anyone fishing Lac Inconnu regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. The closest car park is 1.3 km away, so pack accordingly. There is camping recorded roughly 1.3 km off. Somewhere to sit and eat is 1.1 km out. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Ask in the nearest town if you are unsure. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Lac Urgel at 1.3 km is the sensible second choice. Rules at Lac Inconnu are worth checking on the day.