Fishing Lac Martial in Lanaudière, Quebec

• Overview

  Lanaudière, Quebec, is where Lac Martial sits. It stands 386 metres above sea level. It covers about 4 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Mandeville sits 13 km from the bank. Further out sit Saint-Gabriel (17 km) and Saint-Jean-de-Matha (24 km). The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac Martial

  The records we hold are silent on depth, so plan to find it yourself. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. County-wide records name pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, rock bass and brook trout. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. At Lac Martial light and wind decide more than tackle does.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from -14°C in January up to 18°C in July. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. Once it clears, about late April, the fishing comes on quickly. The open-water window runs from around late April to about late November in an average year. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. Lac Martial fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Should this one be busy, Lac Sapin is 1.2 km off. Check the current arrangement for Lac Martial.