Lac Leroy Fishing near Ferme-Neuve, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Leroy is one of the Laurentides listings for Quebec. The water sits 403 metres up. At 2 hectares it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. Most waters listed here for Laurentides are larger. Ferme-Neuve lies 80 km from the water. The nearest city of size is Gatineau, 217 km away. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Lac Leroy

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Public occurrence data for Laurentides names pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass and yellow perch. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. The near bank of Lac Leroy is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs -17°C to 17°C. The window is narrow, and fish feed hard while it lasts. Count the season from break-up, usually early May. In an average year the thaw lands around early May and the freeze near mid November. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. Lac Leroy runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Should this one be busy, Lac Lilian is 2.2 km off. Check the position at Lac Leroy before loading the car.