Lac Niki in Laurentides: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Lac Niki is one of the Laurentides listings for Quebec. It sits at 316 metres above sea level. Small enough that any disturbance crosses the whole surface. On size it sits at the modest end of our Laurentides list. You are 28 km from Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel. Then Ripon, 35 km, and Val-des-Monts, 42 km. No boundary runs near, so the local rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lac Niki

  Nothing we hold settles how deep this runs. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Records held for Laurentides cover pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch and brook trout. Species recorded across the county may be limited to a few waters. Take Lac Niki a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 18°C, while January sits near -14°C. Hard water is a season in its own right here. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from late April. The season between ice runs from about late April to late November. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. The season on Lac Niki follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. The nearest alternative is Lac Orphelin, 1.8 km out. Nothing here settles the position at Lac Niki for certain.