Lac Iroquois Fishing near Saint-Adolphe-d'Howard, Quebec

• Overview

  This water sits in Laurentides, Quebec. It sits in lake country bush country. Small at around 3 hectares: two anglers spread out cover most of it. On size it sits at the modest end of our Laurentides list. Supplies mean a trip to Saint-Adolphe-d'Howard, 6.4 km off. The big place round here is Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne, 54 km distant. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lac Iroquois

  Depth figures are not published for this one. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Open biodiversity records for Laurentides list pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch and brook trout. County records show what lives in the area; the local agency holds the water-by-water list. At Lac Iroquois the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from -14°C in January up to 18°C in July. Winter shuts the surface down for months. Look for the thaw near late April; the fishing lifts straight after. Averages place the thaw at late April and the freeze at late November. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. That is the shape of the year on Lac Iroquois.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether the bank is open is not something our records settle. Nothing built is recorded close to the bank here. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Check whether bait restrictions apply before you buy any. Lac Sioux, 0.5 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Check the position at Lac Iroquois before loading the car.