Lac Noir in Lanaudière: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Lac Noir is a Lanaudière water, in Quebec. Around the bank it is mixed forest. This is a pocket water of some 2 hectares, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. On size it sits at the modest end of our Lanaudière list. Saint-Michel-des-Saints lies 24 km from the water. The nearest city of size is Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne, 90 km away. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Lac Noir

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Open biodiversity records for Lanaudière list pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass and yellow perch. The county list is broader than any single water. On Lac Noir the quiet end is the one worth the extra effort.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 17°C and January about -15°C. Hard water is a season in its own right here. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly early May. Climate figures give an open season running early May to late November. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. Anyone fishing Lac Noir regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether the bank is open is not something our records settle. There is no recorded infrastructure here; expect to find your own way in. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Ask in the nearest town if you are unsure. Check whether bait restrictions apply before you buy any. Petit lac Bois Franc sits 0.5 km off and takes the overflow. Where Lac Noir is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.