Lac Stin Fishing Guide, Lanaudière, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Stin lies in Lanaudière, Quebec. Beyond the shoreline you have spruce and muskeg. About 5 hectares of surface, which puts the far bank inside easy sight. The nearest town is Manawan, 34 km away. Saint-Michel-des-Saints lies 61 km off, Rivière-Rouge another 63 km. Not far off: Lac Menat at about 1 km, Lac Hermival a shade over 1.1 km, Lac Dupuis at about 1.2 km, Lac Lucette a shade over 1.7 km and Lac Bisco at about 2 km. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Lac Stin

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Across Lanaudière, recorded fish include pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, rock bass and brook trout. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. Lac Stin fishes better once you know its edges.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 17°C, while January sits near -16°C. The freeze holds for the better part of the year. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near early May. Averages place the thaw at early May and the freeze at mid November. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. Time your trip to Lac Stin by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. No car park, ramp or path is recorded within easy reach of the shore. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Lac Menat, 1 km away, makes the obvious fallback. What applies at Lac Stin may have changed since it was mapped.