Lac Plancon Fishing near Brownsburg-Chatham, Quebec

• Overview

  The Laurentides end of Quebec holds Lac Plancon. The water sits 332 metres up. Supplies mean a trip to Brownsburg-Chatham, 14 km off. Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne sits 59 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. Nearby, in order: Lac d'Alec roughly 0.4 km, Lac de l'Ile de Pierre 0.6 km off, Lac Bigrow roughly 1.3 km, Petit lac Noir 1.4 km off and Lac a Lafleur roughly 1.7 km. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Lac Plancon

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Open biodiversity records for Laurentides list pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, brook trout and rock bass. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. Work Lac Plancon in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Typical July readings run about 19°C; by January the average is down near -13°C. The year runs cold to warm and back, with clear transitions. Ice-out usually falls in late April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. In an average year the thaw lands around late April and the freeze near early December. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. Plan around that when you fish Lac Plancon.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Bank access can be seasonal on ground like this. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. For a change of water, Lac d'Alec is 0.4 km distant. Treat Lac Plancon as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.