Lac Thompson Fishing Guide, Laurentides, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Thompson lies in Laurentides, in Quebec. Height above sea level is 265 metres. Surface area is around 14 hectares, which gives you real water without needing a boat. With about 2.1 km of edge, you can try several depths in one session. Mont-Laurier sits 15 km from here and is the nearest stop. Gatineau sits 109 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Lac Thompson

  The records we hold are silent on depth, so plan to find it yourself. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Records held for Laurentides cover pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, brook trout and rock bass. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. Lac Thompson gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 18°C at the top of summer and -14°C at the bottom of winter. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. Once it clears, about late April, the fishing comes on quickly. Break-up sits around late April on average, with the water closing again about late November. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. The season on Lac Thompson rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. No car park, ramp or path is recorded within easy reach of the shore. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. Should this one be busy, Lac a l'Or is 0.5 km off. Ask locally about Lac Thompson if anything is unclear.