Lac Rithchie near Chertsey: Fishing Spots, Seasons and Access

• Overview

  The Lanaudière end of Quebec holds Lac Rithchie. The surface lies 452 metres up. At roughly 5 hectares, the whole thing is within casting reach of a single walk. Supplies mean a trip to Chertsey, 11 km off. Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne is the closest city, 52 km away. Neighbouring water: Lac Exerine some 0.4 km off, Lac Catherine sits 0.6 km out, Lac Beauregard some 0.9 km off, Lac Delia sits 1.1 km out and Lac Kenny some 1.7 km off. Being near a boundary, it pays to know which side you are fishing.

• Where to Fish on Lac Rithchie

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Lanaudière records list pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch and rock bass among the fish reported. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. Read Lac Rithchie before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs -14°C to 18°C. Fishing here follows the temperature more than the calendar. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from late April. Climate figures give an open season running late April to late November. Fishing peaks soon after break-up and again before the cold returns. At Lac Rithchie the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, 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. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Lac Exerine, 0.4 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Ask locally about Lac Rithchie if anything is unclear.