Lac Lemming in Laurentides: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Lac Lemming sits within Laurentides in Quebec. It stands 422 metres above sea level. At roughly 4 hectares, the whole thing is within casting reach of a single walk. Most waters listed here for Laurentides are larger. Manawan at 43 km is the nearest place to stop. The big place round here is Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne, 167 km distant. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Lac Lemming

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Fish documented in Laurentides include pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, brook trout and rock bass. County data is a starting point rather than a guarantee. Lac Lemming responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 17°C for July and -16°C for January. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around late April. The open-water window runs from around late April to about mid November in an average year. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. The season on Lac Lemming rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether the bank is open is not something our records settle. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. Lac Grain de Mais, 1.1 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Where Lac Lemming is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.