Fishing at Lac Ramage, Lanaudière, Quebec

• Overview

  Lanaudière in Quebec is where Lac Ramage sits. Country round the bank runs to taiga. Surface area runs to about 6 hectares — small enough to read in one session. It is high ground by Quebec standards. 32 km away sits Manawan, the nearest town. For a city, Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne is 149 km off. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac Ramage

  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. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Survey and observation records for Lanaudière include pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, rock bass and brook trout. County records show what lives in the area; the local agency holds the water-by-water list. Take Lac Ramage a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 17°C and January reads -16°C. The freeze holds for the better part of the year. Once it clears, about early May, the fishing comes on quickly. The season between ice runs from about early May to mid November. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. At Lac Ramage the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Bank access can be seasonal on ground like this. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Lac Ecorcei sits 0.9 km off and takes the overflow. Treat Lac Ramage as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.