Lac Lorrain, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Look for Lac Lorrain in Laurentides, Quebec. Everything around it is rolling bush. Small even by pond standards, it rewards one careful line. Most waters listed here for Laurentides are larger. Mont-Tremblant is the closest town at 13 km. For a city, Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne is 73 km off. Also on the doorstep: Lac Jolicoeur at 1.5 km, Lac Constantineau 1.9 km away, Lac Cache at 2.8 km, Lac Castor 3.1 km away and Lac Malette at 3.4 km. No boundary runs near, so the local rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lac Lorrain

  Depth here is unknown, so count the lead down before committing. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Across Laurentides, recorded fish include pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass and yellow perch. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Read Lac Lorrain for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about -14°C and July at about 19°C, the water has a wide range to work through. Fishing here follows the temperature more than the calendar. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around late April. In an average year the thaw lands around late April and the freeze near late November. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. Anyone fishing Lac Lorrain regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. You will be walking about 670 m from the nearest car park. There is camping recorded roughly 1.4 km off. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Lac Jolicoeur, 1.5 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Rules at Lac Lorrain are worth checking on the day.