Lac Menat Fishing Guide, Lanaudière, Quebec

• Overview

  Quebec holds Lac Menat, in Lanaudière. It sits in spruce and muskeg. It covers about 2 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. On size it sits at the modest end of our Lanaudière list. The nearest town is Manawan, 33 km away. It is 154 km to Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne, the nearest city. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Lac Menat

  No figure exists for depth, so let the water show you. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Open biodiversity records for Lanaudière list pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch and rock bass. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. Fish Lac Menat where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about -16°C and July at about 17°C, the water has a wide range to work through. The year here is short and sharp: a long lid, then a burst of open water. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about early May. Break-up near early May, freeze-up near mid November: that is the shape of an average year. From the thaw to midsummer the fishing improves week by week. The season on Lac Menat follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Bank access can be seasonal on ground like this. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. Lac Stin, 1 km away, makes the obvious fallback. For Lac Menat, the notice at the access point is the final word.