Fishing Lac Perdu in Lanaudière, Quebec

• Overview

  Set in Lanaudière, Quebec, this is Lac Perdu. Beyond the shoreline you have spruce and muskeg. It covers about 5 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. It sits higher than most water we list in Quebec. The town to know is Manawan, 22 km out. For a city, Trois-Rivières is 151 km off. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Lac Perdu

  Our records hold no depth for this water. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Fish documented in Lanaudière include pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass and yellow perch. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. The shape of Lac Perdu rewards a slow walk along one bank.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 17°C and January near -16°C. Everything is compressed into the middle of the year. The lid usually goes in early May, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Expect the water usable from around early May until roughly mid November. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. Keep it in mind when planning a trip to Lac Perdu.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. Failing this one, try Troisieme lac Nord, 1.1 km away. Ask locally about Lac Perdu if anything is unclear.