Lac Tittlit Fishing in Laurentides, Quebec

• Overview

  Look for Lac Tittlit in the Laurentides part of Quebec. It lies 532 metres above sea level. It covers about 4 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. It sits higher than most water we list in Quebec. For supplies, Rivière-Rouge is 38 km out. For a city, Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne is 126 km off. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lac Tittlit

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Records held for Laurentides cover pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, brook trout and rock bass. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. At Lac Tittlit light and wind decide more than tackle does.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 17°C on average, January about -15°C. Everything is compressed into the middle of the year. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near early May. In an average year the thaw lands around early May and the freeze near mid November. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Anyone fishing Lac Tittlit regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. 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. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Lac Valtrie, 2 km away, makes the obvious fallback. For Lac Tittlit in particular, ask before you travel.