Lac Misere Fishing near Manawan, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Misere falls in Lanaudière, part of Quebec. Height above sea level is 483 metres. Manawan lies 27 km from the water. Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne is the closest city, 148 km away. Also on the doorstep: Lac des Pointes within 1.3 km, Lac Macreau 1.8 km away, Lac Ferland within 2.7 km, Lac Brochet 3.2 km away and Lac Bug within 3.2 km. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac Misere

  Nothing we hold settles how deep this runs. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Fish documented in Lanaudière include pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, rock bass and brook trout. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. Lac Misere repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 17°C and January near -16°C. This far north the hard season runs and runs. Ice-out usually falls in early May, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Break-up near early May, freeze-up near mid November: that is the shape of an average year. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. The season on Lac Misere rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. There is no recorded infrastructure here; expect to find your own way in. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Lac des Pointes, 1.3 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Rules at Lac Misere are worth checking on the day.