Lac Travers Fishing near La Conception, Quebec

• Overview

  This water sits in Laurentides, Quebec. The country round it is rolling bush from end to end. Surface area runs to about 4 hectares — small enough to read in one session. La Conception lies 6.9 km from the water. Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne is the closest city, 79 km away. What else is close: Lac de l'Aqueduc 0.4 km off, Lac Forget some 0.8 km off, Lac Dufour 1.7 km off, Lac Duhamel some 3.2 km off and Lac Maskinonge 3.4 km off. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Lac Travers

  Our records hold no depth for this water. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Records held for Laurentides cover pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch and brook trout. County records show what lives in the area; the local agency holds the water-by-water list. At Lac Travers the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from -14°C in January up to 19°C in July. The year runs cold to warm and back, with clear transitions. Once it clears, about late April, the fishing comes on quickly. Going by climate averages, expect open water from about late April until roughly late November. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. Lac Travers fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. Public data records a pier about 550 m out. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Take the rules with you rather than trusting memory. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. Lac de l'Aqueduc, 0.4 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Treat access at Lac Travers as something to verify.