Fishing at Lac Persac, Laurentides, Quebec

• Overview

  This water sits in Laurentides, Quebec. The bank is 505 metres above sea level. About 4 hectares of surface, which puts the far bank inside easy sight. Manawan sits 47 km from the bank. The big place round here is Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne, 135 km distant. Also worth knowing: Lac Lamirand a touch under 0.7 km, Lac Candor 1.7 km off, Lac Dumbo a touch under 2.1 km, Lac Dirac 2.1 km off and Lac Aubie a touch under 2.7 km. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lac Persac

  The records we hold are silent on depth, so plan to find it yourself. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. County-wide records name pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch and brook trout. County records show what lives in the area; the local agency holds the water-by-water list. Read Lac Persac before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 17°C in July and bottoms out near -16°C in January. Cold dominates the year and the fishing works around it. The lid usually goes in early May, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Going by climate averages, expect open water from about early May until roughly mid November. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Lac Persac runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. Nothing formal is recorded here: no ramp, no car park, no marked path. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Lac Lamirand sits 0.7 km off and takes the overflow. Check the position at Lac Persac before loading the car.