Lac Rainbow Fishing Guide, Laurentides, Quebec

• Overview

  Within Laurentides, Quebec, you have Lac Rainbow. It sits at 262 metres above sea level. It is pond-in-a-field scale, with the far bank a short lob away. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Laurentides. Head to Brownsburg-Chatham, 6.6 km away, for anything you forgot. The nearest city of size is Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne, 54 km away. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac Rainbow

  Open data we checked carries no depth for this water. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Laurentides records list pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch and brook trout among the fish reported. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. At Lac Rainbow light and wind decide more than tackle does.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 19°C on average, January about -12°C. Winter closes the water for a while, and the reopening is worth catching. Ice-out usually falls in late April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. The season between ice runs from about late April to early December. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. That is the shape of the year on Lac Rainbow.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing we hold confirms whether access is permitted. Access is unmapped, which usually means a farm track and a walk. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Lac a Goyette at 0.6 km is the sensible second choice. What applies at Lac Rainbow may have changed since it was mapped.