Lac Pegoud in Laurentides: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Set in Laurentides, Quebec, this is Lac Pegoud. The water sits 444 metres up. It runs to roughly 68 hectares — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. With 6.3 km or so of shoreline, boat anglers cover ground the bank cannot. Few waters listed in Laurentides are bigger. Manawan sits 47 km from the bank. The big place round here is Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne, 151 km distant. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Lac Pegoud

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Public occurrence data for Laurentides names pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch and brook trout. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Fish Lac Pegoud to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from -16°C in January up to 17°C in July. This far north the hard season runs and runs. Break-up comes around early May, and the run that follows is short and strong. Climate averages put the opening at about early May and the closing near mid November. Spring is short and heavy here; autumn is longer and steadier. At Lac Pegoud the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  There is no clear statement anywhere on who can fish it. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Nothing in the way of made access shows up nearby: no ramp, no car park, no path. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Ask in the nearest town if you are unsure. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Failing this one, try Lac Janick, 0.6 km away. Nothing here settles the position at Lac Pegoud for certain.