Lac Quevillon Fishing near Ferme-Neuve, Quebec

• Overview

  The Laurentides entry here is Lac Quevillon, in Quebec. The water sits 258 metres up. Around 17 hectares of surface means several distinct areas to work. The bank runs about 1.6 km all the way round, so one visit can cover most of it. You are 18 km from Ferme-Neuve. Mont-Laurier follows at 32 km, then Rivière-Rouge at 50 km. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lac Quevillon

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Laurentides records list pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, brook trout and rock bass among the fish reported. County records show what lives in the area; the local agency holds the water-by-water list. Fish Lac Quevillon to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 18°C and January about -15°C. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer and winter test it. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around late April. Ice usually gives way near late April, and forms again about late November. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. That is the shape of the year on Lac Quevillon.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. No car park, ramp or path is recorded within easy reach of the shore. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. The nearest alternative is Lac Perdu, 1.4 km out. Ask locally about Lac Quevillon if anything is unclear.