Lac Merisier Fishing near Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Merisier lies within the bounds of Laurentides, Quebec. The ground round it is lake country bush. At roughly 9 hectares, the whole thing is within casting reach of a single walk. Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts sits 5.9 km from here and is the nearest stop. For a city, Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne is 58 km off. Neighbouring water: Petit lac Merisier 0.8 km off, Lac de la Loutre at 0.9 km, Lac Therien 1.5 km off, Deuxieme lac Briere at 1.6 km and Lac Pearl 1.7 km off. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lac Merisier

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Open biodiversity records for Laurentides list pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass and yellow perch. County data is a starting point rather than a guarantee. Read Lac Merisier before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 18°C for July and -14°C for January. Winter puts a hard lid on this one. The lid usually goes in late April, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Ice clears near late April and comes back about late November in a typical year. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. It holds true on Lac Merisier more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. Nothing built is recorded close to the bank here. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Petit lac Merisier, 0.8 km away, makes the obvious fallback. None of that is settled for Lac Merisier in what we hold.