Fishing at Lac Perdu, Laurentides, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Perdu lies within the bounds of Laurentides, Quebec. The surface lies 422 metres up. At roughly 5 hectares, the whole thing is within casting reach of a single walk. Head to Morin-Heights, 9.1 km away, for anything you forgot. Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne is the closest city, 47 km away. No boundary runs near, so the local rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lac Perdu

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Open biodiversity records for Laurentides list pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, brook trout and rock bass. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. Read Lac Perdu for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between -13°C in January and 18°C in July. Four clear seasons, with a proper winter at one end. Look for the thaw near late April; the fishing lifts straight after. Break-up near late April, freeze-up near late November: that is the shape of an average year. June through September is the settled part of the year, with the shoulders busier for fish. It holds true on Lac Perdu more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. Nothing formal is recorded here: no ramp, no car park, no marked path. 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. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. Lac aux Pins, 0.5 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing here settles the position at Lac Perdu for certain.