Lac Priscault Fishing Guide, Lanaudière, Quebec

• Overview

  Out in Lanaudière, Quebec, sits Lac Priscault. The surface lies 380 metres up. Small at around 6 hectares: two anglers spread out cover most of it. Sainte-Béatrix is the closest place, 9.1 km off. The big place round here is Terrebonne, 62 km distant. What else is close: Lac Deschamps at about 1 km, Lac Estelle at 1.2 km, Lac a Canards at about 1.5 km, Lac Long at 1.8 km and Lac Theriault at about 2.1 km. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lac Priscault

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Survey and observation records for Lanaudière include pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass and yellow perch. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. On Lac Priscault a short move beats a long cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 18°C, while January sits near -14°C. The year splits cleanly: hard water, then open water. Hard water holds through the cold months, breaking up near late April. The season between ice runs from about late April to late November. June through September is the settled part of the year, with the shoulders busier for fish. That shapes the year on Lac Priscault.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. There is no mapped parking or launch close by, which usually means walking in. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Check whether a boat is allowed before you tow one. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. For a change of water, Lac Deschamps is 1 km distant. Check the position at Lac Priscault before loading the car.