Lac Nolette Fishing Guide, Lanaudière, Quebec

• Overview

  You will find Lac Nolette in Lanaudière, Quebec. Height above sea level is 403 metres. Roughly 53 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. The edge covers about 6.3 km, enough to hold several distinct areas. Size puts it in the front rank of our Lanaudière list. For a base, Saint-Michel-des-Saints sits 46 km out. The big place round here is Trois-Rivières, 125 km distant. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Lac Nolette

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Open biodiversity records for Lanaudière list pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, rock bass and brook trout. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. At Lac Nolette the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July to average close to 17°C, with January the cold end at about -15°C. Winter closes the water for a while, and the reopening is worth catching. After early May the shallows warm and the fish move up. In an average year the thaw lands around early May and the freeze near late November. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. Expect Lac Nolette to follow that timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. If the gate is shut, Lac Culotte at 2.3 km is the nearest alternative. For Lac Nolette in particular, ask before you travel.