Lac Sury, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Within Laurentides, Quebec, you have Lac Sury. Everything around it is mixed forest. Surface area runs to about 2 hectares — small enough to read in one session. Our Laurentides list holds plenty of bigger water. La Minerve sits 6.7 km from the bank. Lac-Simon is 21 km and Labelle 22 km. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Lac Sury

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Across Laurentides, recorded fish include pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch and brook trout. The county list is broader than any single water. At Lac Sury the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from -14°C in January up to 18°C in July. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. Ice-out usually falls in late April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Averages suggest open water from about late April through to roughly late November. The first weeks of open water and the last are the ones to plan for. Lac Sury runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. Nothing built is recorded close to the bank here. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Provincial rules still apply whatever the bank status. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Lac du Martin-Pecheur sits 0.5 km off and takes the overflow. For Lac Sury, the notice at the access point is the final word.