Lac Long Fishing Guide, Lanaudière, Quebec

• Overview

  This water sits in Lanaudière, Quebec. Everything around it is pine and birch. The water covers some 10 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. With about 1.9 km of edge, you can try several depths in one session. Sainte-Béatrix is the closest town at 9.4 km. Terrebonne is the closest city, 64 km away. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Lac Long

  Depth is unknown to us, and the shoreline is the better guide. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Lanaudière records list pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch and rock bass among the fish reported. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Lac Long fishes better once you know its edges.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Typical July readings run about 18°C; by January the average is down near -14°C. Winter closes the water for a while, and the reopening is worth catching. Count the season from break-up, usually late April. Averages place the thaw at late April and the freeze at late November. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. That shapes the year on Lac Long.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Nothing formal is recorded here: no ramp, no car park, no marked path. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Take the rules with you rather than trusting memory. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Lac Theriault sits 0.9 km off and takes the overflow. For Lac Long in particular, ask before you travel.