Fishing at Lac Larente, Laurentides, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Larente is one of the Laurentides listings for Quebec. The setting is rolling bush on every side. Around 11 hectares of surface means several distinct areas to work. Shoreline comes to about 1.5 km, small enough to learn in a day. Ferme-Neuve sits 43 km from here and is the nearest stop. Rivière-Rouge is 47 km away, with Mont-Laurier at 54 km. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac Larente

  Depth figures are not published for this one. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Survey and observation records for Laurentides include pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, brook trout and rock bass. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. Lac Larente fishes better once you know its edges.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Typical July readings run about 17°C; by January the average is down near -15°C. Expect a real winter and a strong spring after it. Firm cover through the cold months, then open water from late April. The season between ice runs from about late April to late November. Late spring and early autumn carry the year between them. Lac Larente runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Should this one be busy, Lac Henri is 0.6 km off. Ask locally about Lac Larente if anything is unclear.