Lac Kawisaskopek Fishing in Lanaudière, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Kawisaskopek lies in Lanaudière, in Quebec. It sits in taiga country. At 2 hectares it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. Most waters listed here for Lanaudière are larger. 40 km away sits Manawan, the nearest town. Trois-Rivières sits 149 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Lac Kawisaskopek

  Depth is unmeasured here, so let the shoreline guide you. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Open biodiversity records for Lanaudière list pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass and yellow perch. Species recorded across the county may be limited to a few waters. Lac Kawisaskopek gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 17°C in July and bottom out at -16°C in January. Cold dominates the calendar on water this far north. The lid usually goes in early May, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. In an average year the thaw lands around early May and the freeze near mid November. From the thaw to midsummer the fishing improves week by week. Time your trip to Lac Kawisaskopek by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. For a change of water, Lac des Teignes is 0.2 km distant. Treat Lac Kawisaskopek as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.