Lac Raemer Fishing Guide, Laurentides, Quebec

• Overview

  Look for Lac Raemer in Laurentides, Quebec. Everything around it is lake country bush. It measures about 39 hectares, which is a comfortable size for bank fishing. The edge runs 3.2 km or so, easy to work in an afternoon. Few waters listed in Laurentides are bigger. The nearest place of any size is Rivière-Rouge, 25 km away. After that come Labelle at 30 km and Mont-Tremblant at 36 km. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Lac Raemer

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Survey and observation records for Laurentides include pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch and brook trout. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. The shape of Lac Raemer rewards a slow walk along one bank.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about -15°C and July at about 17°C, the water has a wide range to work through. Winter puts a hard lid on this one. Ice-out usually falls in late April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Break-up near late April, freeze-up near late November: that is the shape of an average year. June through September is the settled part of the year, with the shoulders busier for fish. Plan around that when you fish Lac Raemer.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Nothing formal is recorded here: no ramp, no car park, no marked path. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. For a change of water, Petit lac Raemer is 0.9 km distant. For Lac Raemer in particular, ask before you travel.