Lac Laurent Fishing near Manawan, Quebec

• Overview

  You will find Lac Laurent in Laurentides, Quebec. Around the bank it is taiga. At roughly 4 hectares, the whole thing is within casting reach of a single walk. Manawan lies 44 km from the water. It is 146 km to Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne, the nearest city. There is no boundary nearby to worry about. Ground round the water is mixed, open in parts and thick in others.

• Where to Fish on Lac Laurent

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Public occurrence data for Laurentides names pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, brook trout and rock bass. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. Fish Lac Laurent where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 17°C and January reads -16°C. The ice season is long here and the open one short. Ice is part of the season here, ending near early May. Ice clears near early May and comes back about mid November in a typical year. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. It sets the rhythm of the year at Lac Laurent.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. There is a pier recorded roughly 580 m away. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. For a change of water, Lac en Coeur is 0.7 km distant. None of that is settled for Lac Laurent in what we hold.