Lac Kantoskekamak, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  In Quebec, Lac Kantoskekamak falls inside Lanaudière. It stands 383 metres above sea level. The water covers some 13 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. The whole outline is near 1.6 km, and most of it is walkable. Manawan at 51 km is the nearest place to stop. Trois-Rivières sits 130 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Lac Kantoskekamak

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Reported across Lanaudière: pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass and yellow perch. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. The shape of Lac Kantoskekamak rewards a slow walk along one bank.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from -16°C in January up to 17°C in July. Cold winters and warm summers give a wide working range. Once it clears, about early May, the fishing comes on quickly. In an average year the thaw lands around early May and the freeze near mid November. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. Anyone fishing Lac Kantoskekamak regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Nothing in the way of made access shows up nearby: no ramp, no car park, no path. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Lac de la Boursette sits 0.7 km off and takes the overflow. Treat Lac Kantoskekamak as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.