Lac Louvigny Fishing near Mont-Laurier, Quebec

• Overview

  In Quebec, Lac Louvigny falls inside Laurentides. It sits in mixed forest country. At about 46 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. Around 5.4 km of bank, which is a long day on foot. It ranks high for size among our Laurentides listings. Head to Mont-Laurier, 21 km away, for anything you forgot. The nearest city of size is Orléans, 103 km away. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Lac Louvigny

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Fish documented in Laurentides include pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, brook trout and rock bass. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. On Lac Louvigny the quiet end is the one worth the extra effort.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The year swings from about -14°C in January to roughly 18°C in July. Winter puts a hard lid on this one. After late April the shallows warm and the fish move up. On the long-run averages the water opens up around late April and starts locking again about late November. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. Plan any trip to Lac Louvigny around it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Access is unmapped, which usually means a farm track and a walk. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Lac Orphie, 1.1 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Check the current arrangement for Lac Louvigny.