Lac Lacasse Fishing near Manawan, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Lacasse is one of the Laurentides listings for Quebec. Height above sea level is 442 metres. It covers about 9 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. The nearest place of any size is Manawan, 48 km away. Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne sits 190 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac Lacasse

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Records held for Laurentides cover pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch and brook trout. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. Fish Lac Lacasse to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 17°C at the top of summer and -16°C at the bottom of winter. Little of the calendar is open water, so timing counts for everything. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about early May. In an average year the thaw lands around early May and the freeze near mid November. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. The season on Lac Lacasse follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. 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. Provincial rules still apply whatever the bank status. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. The nearest alternative is Lac des Neuf Bucks, 1.9 km out. Where Lac Lacasse is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.