Lac Rene Fishing near Mont-Laurier, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Rene is a Laurentides water, in Quebec. The water sits 287 metres up. The closest town, Mont-Laurier, is 17 km away. After that come Ferme-Neuve at 20 km and Saint-Boniface at 27 km. Others worth noting: Petit lac des Iles 2 km off, Premier lac Perdu a touch under 2.5 km, Lac Pope 3 km off, Lac Howard a touch under 3.8 km and Lac Leroy 5.1 km off. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Lac Rene

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Public occurrence data for Laurentides names pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, brook trout and rock bass. County data is a starting point rather than a guarantee. The shape of Lac Rene rewards a slow walk along one bank.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 18°C in July and bottoms out near -15°C in January. Expect a real winter and a strong spring after it. The lid usually sets by midwinter and gives way around late April. Expect the water usable from around late April until roughly late November. Fishing peaks soon after break-up and again before the cold returns. Plan around that when you fish Lac Rene.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. A phone call first saves an afternoon. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Petit lac des Iles sits 2 km off and takes the overflow. The position on Lac Rene is worth confirming on the day.