Lac Perreault near Saint-Ubalde: Fishing Spots, Seasons and Access

• Overview

  Lac Perreault belongs to Capitale-Nationale, Quebec. The shore lies 30 km out. Surface area is around 35 hectares, which gives you real water without needing a boat. Shoreline comes to about 4.2 km, small enough to learn in a day. Few waters listed in Capitale-Nationale are bigger. Some 9.1 km away sits Saint-Ubalde, the nearest settlement. Sainte-Thècle is 16 km away, with Saint-Tite at 23 km. Local rules may differ a few miles either side of here.

• Where to Fish on Lac Perreault

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Open biodiversity records for Capitale-Nationale list lake sturgeon, Atlantic sturgeon and longnose sucker. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. Fish Lac Perreault where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 19°C and January reads -14°C. The year splits cleanly: hard water, then open water. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around late April. From about late April to around late November, expect open water on the long-run figures. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. That shapes the year on Lac Perreault.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Access is unmapped, which usually means a farm track and a walk. For walleye, a jig and minnow near the bottom is the standard; evenings beat middays. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Lac Froid, 0.6 km away, makes the obvious fallback. For Lac Perreault, the notice at the access point is the final word.