Fishing at Lac Navaron, Laurentides, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Navaron is one of the Laurentides listings for Quebec. It stands 263 metres above sea level. Surface area runs to about 10 hectares — small enough to read in one session. The full circuit measures close to 1.4 km on foot. Nearest place of any size is Rivière-Rouge, 15 km away. Beyond it, Labelle at 25 km and La Minerve at 33 km. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Lac Navaron

  We hold no depth figure for this one. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Laurentides records list pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, brook trout and rock bass among the fish reported. The list covers the county rather than this water alone, so treat it as a guide. The shape of Lac Navaron decides where the fish sit.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 18°C and January reads -15°C. The year splits cleanly: hard water, then open water. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near late April. Ice clears near late April and comes back about late November in a typical year. Spring is short and heavy here; autumn is longer and steadier. The season on Lac Navaron rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Ask in the nearest town if you are unsure. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. Failing this one, try Lac Poe, 0.8 km away. Treat access at Lac Navaron as something to verify.