Lac Marguerite in Laurentides: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Out in Laurentides, Quebec, sits Lac Marguerite. The water sits 442 metres up. Around 46 hectares of surface means several distinct areas to work. The margin runs to about 5.8 km in total. It is among the larger waters listed here for Laurentides. Start from Rivière-Rouge, 39 km down the road. Labelle is 52 km and Ferme-Neuve 56 km. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lac Marguerite

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Fish documented in Laurentides include pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass and yellow perch. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. Lac Marguerite responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 17°C at the top of summer and -15°C at the bottom of winter. Expect a real winter and a strong spring after it. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near late April. In an average year the thaw lands around late April and the freeze near late November. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Expect Lac Marguerite to follow that timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  There is no clear statement anywhere on who can fish it. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Nothing in the way of made access shows up nearby: no ramp, no car park, no path. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. The nearest alternative is Lac Gisele, 0.9 km out. Nothing here settles the position at Lac Marguerite for certain.