Lac Landry Fishing Guide, Laurentides, Quebec

• Overview

  Quebec holds Lac Landry, in Laurentides. The surface lies 268 metres up. With some 29 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. The bank runs about 3.5 km all the way round, so one visit can cover most of it. Few waters listed in Laurentides are bigger. Saint-Raphaël at 38 km is the nearest place to stop. The nearest city of size is Gatineau, 62 km away. The boundary is near enough that local access rules are worth double-checking.

• Where to Fish on Lac Landry

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Records held for Laurentides cover pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass and yellow perch. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. Fish Lac Landry where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 19°C and January at -13°C. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about late April. Averages suggest open water from about late April through to roughly late November. Fishing peaks soon after break-up and again before the cold returns. Anyone fishing Lac Landry regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Petit lac Landry sits 0.9 km off and takes the overflow. Signs at Lac Landry carry more weight than any list.