Lac Soixante-Quatre, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  This water sits in Lanaudière, Quebec. The surface lies 367 metres up. It covers about 6 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Manawan sits 55 km from the bank. Further out sit Weymontachie (67 km) and La Tuque (68 km). Within a short run: Lac Michel-Denis at about 0.7 km, Petit lac Jean at 0.9 km, Lac Hamel at about 1 km, Lac Beland at 1 km and Lac a l'Ours at about 1.1 km. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Lac Soixante-Quatre

  Open data we checked carries no depth for this water. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. County-wide records name pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch and rock bass. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. On Lac Soixante-Quatre the quiet end is the one worth the extra effort.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs -16°C to 17°C. Winter shuts the surface down for months. The lid usually goes in late April, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Open water usually runs from late April until about mid November. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. Lac Soixante-Quatre fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. There is no recorded infrastructure here; expect to find your own way in. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. If the gate is shut, Lac Michel-Denis at 0.7 km is the nearest alternative. Treat Lac Soixante-Quatre as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.