Lac Rensin Fishing in Lanaudière, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Rensin stands in Lanaudière, Quebec. This is northern bush country. At 6 hectares it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. It is high ground by Quebec standards. Some 39 km away sits Saint-Michel-des-Saints, the nearest settlement. Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne sits 131 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Lac Rensin

  Our records hold no depth for this water. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Reported across Lanaudière: pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, rock bass and brook trout. Species recorded across the county may be limited to a few waters. The near bank of Lac Rensin is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between -16°C in January and 17°C in July. The fishing year opens late and shuts early. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around early May. Break-up sits around early May on average, with the water closing again about mid November. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. It sets the rhythm of the year at Lac Rensin.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. Nothing is mapped in the way of a ramp or car park within a short radius. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Lac Martel, 0.6 km away, makes the obvious fallback. The position on Lac Rensin is worth confirming on the day.