Lac Rossignol Fishing in Laurentides, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Rossignol is a Laurentides water, Quebec side. It stands 320 metres above sea level. It covers about 7 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. The nearest town is Mont-Tremblant, 11 km away. Beyond it, La Conception at 19 km and Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts at 19 km. Round about: Lac Goulet about 0.6 km, Lac Harel a shade over 0.7 km, Lac Dupre about 1.7 km, Petit lac Gratton a shade over 1.8 km and Lac Plat about 2.1 km. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Lac Rossignol

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Species logged across Laurentides include pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, brook trout and rock bass. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. At Lac Rossignol the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 18°C, while January sits near -14°C. Cold winters and warm summers give a wide working range. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around late April. In an average year the thaw lands around late April and the freeze near late November. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. That is the shape of the year on Lac Rossignol.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether the bank is open is not something our records settle. Formal access is not mapped, so the last stretch is likely on foot. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Should this one be busy, Lac Goulet is 0.6 km off. Check the current arrangement for Lac Rossignol.