Lac Jimmy Fishing in Laurentides, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Jimmy is one of the Laurentides waters in Quebec. The bank gives way to pine and birch. Small at around 3 hectares: two anglers spread out cover most of it. It is a small entry by Laurentides standards. Start from Saint-Hippolyte, 2.9 km down the road. Lac-Connelly lies 7.3 km off, Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson another 9.4 km. You are close to a county edge here; who manages the access can change within a short drive.

• Where to Fish on Lac Jimmy

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Records held for Laurentides cover pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, brook trout and rock bass. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. Lac Jimmy gives up its fish to patience rather than distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 19°C, while January sits near -13°C. Winter puts a hard lid on this one. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from late April. Climate figures give an open season running late April to late November. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. That is the shape of the year on Lac Jimmy.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. Lac en Coeur sits 1 km off and takes the overflow. What applies at Lac Jimmy may have changed since it was mapped.