Lac Journet Fishing Guide, Lanaudière, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Journet is one of the Lanaudière listings for Quebec. What surrounds it is spruce and muskeg. With some 19 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. The full circuit measures close to 1.9 km on foot. Manawan lies 31 km from the water. Saint-Michel-des-Saints lies 57 km off, Rivière-Rouge another 66 km. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Lac Journet

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Public occurrence data for Lanaudière names pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch and rock bass. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. Treat Lac Journet as a water to read rather than to cover.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 17°C in July and bottom out at -16°C in January. The year here is short and sharp: a long lid, then a burst of open water. Hard water holds through the cold months, breaking up near early May. The lid tends to go about early May and return around mid November. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. On Lac Journet that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether the bank is open is not something our records settle. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. No car park, ramp or path is recorded within easy reach of the shore. 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. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. If the gate is shut, Lac Vedene at 0.5 km is the nearest alternative. Ask locally about Lac Journet if anything is unclear.