Fishing Lac Jonval in Lanaudière, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Jonval is listed under Lanaudière, Quebec. The country here is mixed forest. The water measures roughly 3 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. On size it sits at the modest end of our Lanaudière list. Saint-Michel-des-Saints is the closest town at 31 km. It is 111 km to Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne, the nearest city. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lac Jonval

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Public occurrence data for Lanaudière names pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch and rock bass. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Lac Jonval responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 17°C; the cold one sits at -15°C. A full turn of seasons, with the strongest sport on either side of summer. The open season starts with the thaw, near enough late April. Going by climate averages, expect open water from about late April until roughly late November. June through September is the settled part of the year, with the shoulders busier for fish. Lac Jonval runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. Parc de récréation du Mont-Tremblant takes in this water; protected-area rules will apply. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Lac Blaire sits 2.5 km off and takes the overflow. None of that is settled for Lac Jonval in what we hold.