Fishing at Lac Serpent, Lanaudière, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Serpent stands in Lanaudière, Quebec. The setting is spruce and muskeg on every side. The water measures roughly 6 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. You are 36 km from Manawan. It is 202 km to Trois-Rivières, the nearest city. Other water within reach: Lac Muskeg 0.4 km away, Lac Helmet within 0.9 km, Lac Hermine 1.1 km away, Lac Cabasta within 1.8 km and Lac Flue 2 km away. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac Serpent

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Records held for Lanaudière cover pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass and yellow perch. Species recorded across the county may be limited to a few waters. On Lac Serpent the quiet end is the one worth the extra effort.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 16°C and January near -16°C. Cold dominates the year and the fishing works around it. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from early May. Ice usually gives way near early May, and forms again about mid November. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. The season on Lac Serpent rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. No made access appears within a short radius, so plan to park on a verge and walk. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Failing this one, try Lac Muskeg, 0.4 km away. Confirm before you fish Lac Serpent.