Lac Portelance Fishing near Mont-Laurier, Quebec

• Overview

  Out in Laurentides, Quebec, sits Lac Portelance. It stands 282 metres above sea level. It covers about 6 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. The town to know is Mont-Laurier, 21 km out. After that come Ferme-Neuve at 37 km and Maniwaki at 38 km. Nearby alternatives: Lac Leonard at about 1.8 km, Lac a Pepere 2 km away, Lac Tomkin at about 2.3 km, Lac Menon 2.7 km away and Lac Rouge at about 3.2 km. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Lac Portelance

  No figure exists for depth, so let the water show you. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Open biodiversity records for Laurentides list pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, brook trout and rock bass. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. On Lac Portelance the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs -14°C to 18°C. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer and winter test it. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from late April. On the long-run averages the water opens up around late April and starts locking again about late November. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. At Lac Portelance the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Local rules can differ across the county line, so check where you stand. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Failing this one, try Lac Leonard, 1.8 km away. Nothing here settles the position at Lac Portelance for certain.