Fishing Lac Plus in Lanaudière, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Plus falls in Lanaudière, part of Quebec. Taiga runs right down to the water. With some 47 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. With about 4.8 km of edge, you can try several depths in one session. Size puts it in the front rank of our Lanaudière list. Start from Manawan, 41 km down the road. Weymontachie lies 50 km off, Saint-Michel-des-Saints another 89 km. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Lac Plus

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Lanaudière records list pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass and yellow perch among the fish reported. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. Read Lac Plus before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 17°C and January near -16°C. The window is narrow, and fish feed hard while it lasts. Hard water holds through the cold months, breaking up near early May. Break-up sits around early May on average, with the water closing again about mid November. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. Lac Plus fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. 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. Look for a notice board at the entrance. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. For a change of water, Lac Pie-XII is 1.1 km distant. Rules at Lac Plus are worth checking on the day.