Lac Rotot, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  The Laurentides entry here is Lac Rotot, in Quebec. The water sits 505 metres up. With some 11 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. Around 1.9 km of margin, front to back. You are 48 km from Saint-Michel-des-Saints. For a city, Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne is 133 km off. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Lac Rotot

  We hold no depth figure for this one. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Reported across Laurentides: pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch and brook trout. The county list is broader than any single water. Lac Rotot responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is -16°C to 17°C. The freeze holds for the better part of the year. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from early May. Ice clears near early May and comes back about mid November in a typical year. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. The season on Lac Rotot rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Access is unmapped, which usually means a farm track and a walk. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. Failing this one, try Lac Uchon, 0.9 km away. Check the current arrangement for Lac Rotot.