Fishing Lac Rivas in Laurentides, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Rivas is set in Laurentides, Quebec. Lake country bush runs right down to the water. This is a pocket water of some 4 hectares, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. The nearest town is Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel, 18 km away. La Minerve is 30 km and Ripon 38 km. What else is close: Petit lac Rivas 0.4 km off, Lac Ferin a shade over 0.8 km, Lac Ledley 1.4 km off, Lac Peas a shade over 1.5 km and Lac de la Muraille 1.5 km off. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Lac Rivas

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Fish documented in Laurentides include pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass and yellow perch. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. On Lac Rivas the quiet end is the one worth the extra effort.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 18°C and January at -14°C. The season turns properly here, and fish follow it closely. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about late April. Average temperatures cross freezing around late April in spring and again near late November in autumn. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. Anyone fishing Lac Rivas regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether the bank is open is not something our records settle. Recorded parking is 1.1 km off, far enough to travel light. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Failing this one, try Petit lac Rivas, 0.4 km away. Rules at Lac Rivas are worth checking on the day.