Fishing at Lac Metterie, Lanaudière, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Metterie is one of the Lanaudière waters in Quebec. The country here is northern bush. The water measures roughly 8 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. The closest town, Saint-Michel-des-Saints, is 42 km distant. It is 126 km to Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne, the nearest city. Close by you also have: Lac Agonac roughly 0.9 km, Lac Seu just 1.4 km, Lac Greslon Rond roughly 2.2 km, Lac Jugy just 2.8 km and Lac Madrix roughly 2.9 km. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Lac Metterie

  Our records carry no depth, so judge it from the bank. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Reported across Lanaudière: pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, rock bass and brook trout. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. On Lac Metterie a short move beats a long cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 17°C on average, January about -15°C. Little of the calendar is open water, so timing counts for everything. Ice-out usually falls in early May, and the weeks after it fish hardest. In an average year the thaw lands around early May and the freeze near mid November. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. Lac Metterie runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. Public mapping records no formal access here, so plan for a walk and soft ground. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Lac Agonac sits 0.9 km off and takes the overflow. Treat access at Lac Metterie as something to verify.