Fishing Lac Patate in Laurentides, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Patate is one of the Laurentides waters in Quebec. Around the bank it is pine and birch. At roughly 8 hectares, the whole thing is within casting reach of a single walk. The closest town, Ferme-Neuve, is 29 km away. It is 163 km to Orléans, the nearest city. Other water within reach: Lac Noir within 1.3 km, Lac L'Allier near enough 2.2 km, Lac Hamel within 2.6 km, Lac de la Pitchoff near enough 3.4 km and Lac de la Roche within 3.4 km. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lac Patate

  Depth figures are not published for this one. 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. Species logged across Laurentides include pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass and yellow perch. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. The near bank of Lac Patate is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 18°C, while January sits near -15°C. The year splits cleanly: hard water, then open water. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around late April. The open-water window runs from around late April to about late November in an average year. From the thaw to midsummer the fishing improves week by week. Time your trip to Lac Patate by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Lac Noir sits 1.3 km off and takes the overflow. Check the current arrangement for Lac Patate.