Lac Long Fishing near Rivière-Rouge, Quebec

• Overview

  You will find Lac Long in Laurentides, Quebec. The setting is mixed forest on every side. It runs to roughly 74 hectares — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. You are looking at roughly 10 km of shoreline, with plenty of water between access points. On our Laurentides list it sits near the top for size. Head to Mont-Laurier, 26 km away, for anything you forgot. The big place round here is Orléans, 123 km distant. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Lac Long

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Reported across Laurentides: pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch and brook trout. County data is a starting point rather than a guarantee. Work Lac Long in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs -15°C to 18°C. Four clear seasons, with a proper winter at one end. The lid usually goes in late April, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Ice clears near late April and comes back about late November in a typical year. June through September is the settled part of the year, with the shoulders busier for fish. Lac Long fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Nothing built is recorded close to the bank here. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Check whether a boat is allowed before you tow one. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. Lac Dureau, 1.3 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Check the position on Lac Long before loading the car.