Fishing Lac Plante in Laurentides, Quebec

• Overview

  Quebec holds Lac Plante, in Laurentides. Height above sea level is 256 metres. Around 19 hectares of surface means several distinct areas to work. Bank access stretches around 1.8 km in total. You are 5.8 km from Lac-Simon. Then La Conception, 8.9 km, and La Minerve, 14 km. Round about: Lac Despatie about 1.2 km, Lac Monroe 1.4 km, Lac Bob about 1.8 km, Lac des Camps 1.8 km and Lac Verschelden about 1.8 km. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Lac Plante

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Species logged across Laurentides include pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass and yellow perch. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Anyone new to Lac Plante should walk it once before setting up.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from -14°C in January up to 18°C in July. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around late April. Ice clears near late April and comes back about late November in a typical year. Late spring and early autumn carry the year between them. It holds true on Lac Plante more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. The map shows no ramp or car park nearby, so this is a walk-in water. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Should this one be busy, Lac Despatie is 1.2 km off. Signs at Lac Plante carry more weight than any list.