Lac Rex in Laurentides: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Lac Rex lies in Laurentides, in Quebec. The country round it is boreal forest from end to end. It runs to roughly 19 hectares — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. About 2.6 km of bank, so nothing stays unexplored for long. You are 87 km from Ferme-Neuve. Then Manawan, 93 km, and Mont-Laurier, 104 km. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Lac Rex

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Survey and observation records for Laurentides include pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch and brook trout. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. Lac Rex repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 17°C at the top of summer and -17°C at the bottom of winter. Open water is the exception rather than the rule here. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from early May. Averages suggest open water from about early May through to roughly mid November. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. Lac Rex fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Public mapping records no formal access here, so plan for a walk and soft ground. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Check whether bait restrictions apply before you buy any. Lac Abe sits 1.3 km off and takes the overflow. The position on Lac Rex is worth confirming on the day.