Fishing at Lac Origny, Laurentides, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Origny is one of the Laurentides waters in Quebec. The water sits 369 metres up. The water measures roughly 7 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. Start from Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel, 26 km down the road. For a city, Orléans is 79 km off. Also worth knowing: Lac Cyprien 0.7 km away, Lac du Bois Dur 1.3 km, Lac Garlan 1.4 km away, Lac McKavanaugh 1.8 km and Lac Burnett 2.3 km away. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Lac Origny

  Depth figures are not published for this one. 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. Survey and observation records for Laurentides include pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch and brook trout. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Anyone new to Lac Origny should walk it once before setting up.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 18°C and January near -14°C. A hard winter is normal, and the thaw brings a strong few weeks. Expect a solid lid for months and a thaw around late April. Averages place the thaw at late April and the freeze at late November. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. Anyone fishing Lac Origny regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. 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. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. Lac Cyprien sits 0.7 km off and takes the overflow. Ask locally about Lac Origny if anything is unclear.