Fishing Lac Rond in Laurentides, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Rond sits in Laurentides, out in Quebec. The ground round it is pine and birch. Small at around 6 hectares: two anglers spread out cover most of it. Head to Mont-Laurier, 17 km away, for anything you forgot. Gatineau sits 103 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. Within a short run: Lac Bouthillier just 1.5 km, Lac Meilleur at 1.7 km, Petit lac des Chenes just 2.4 km, Lac Gaucher at 2.6 km and Lac du Cordon just 3 km. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lac Rond

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Across Laurentides, recorded fish include pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch and brook trout. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. Take Lac Rond a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 18°C at the top of summer and -14°C at the bottom of winter. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. The lid usually goes in late April, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Going by climate averages, expect open water from about late April until roughly late November. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. On Lac Rond the same rules apply, with local timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. No car park, ramp or path is recorded within easy reach of the shore. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Lac Bouthillier at 1.5 km is the sensible second choice. Treat access at Lac Rond as something to verify.