Lac Louce in Lanaudière: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Lac Louce falls in Lanaudière, part of Quebec. What surrounds it is northern bush. By elevation it is in the upper part of our Quebec listings. Manawan sits 34 km from here and is the nearest stop. The nearest city of size is Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne, 148 km away. Close neighbours run: Lac a l'Hirondelle after 0.7 km, Lac Courset about 1 km, Lac Ramage after 1.9 km, Lac Ecorcei about 2 km and Lac de l'Elevation after 2.1 km. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Lac Louce

  No figure exists for depth, so let the water show you. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Records held for Lanaudière cover pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass and yellow perch. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Fish Lac Louce where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 17°C; the cold one sits at -16°C. Little of the calendar is open water, so timing counts for everything. After early May the shallows warm and the fish move up. The season between ice runs from about early May to mid November. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. On Lac Louce that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  There is no clear statement anywhere on who can fish it. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. The nearest alternative is Lac a l'Hirondelle, 0.7 km out. Nothing on Lac Louce should be assumed from this page alone.