Lac Tremblay Fishing Guide, Laurentides, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Tremblay is one of the Laurentides listings for Quebec. Country round the bank runs to rolling bush. Surface area runs to about 2 hectares — small enough to read in one session. Our Laurentides list holds plenty of bigger water. The nearest place of any size is Rivière-Rouge, 27 km away. The nearest city of size is Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne, 132 km away. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Lac Tremblay

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Records held for Laurentides cover pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass and yellow perch. Species recorded across the county may be limited to a few waters. Lac Tremblay responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 18°C for July and -15°C for January. A full turn of seasons, with the strongest sport on either side of summer. Expect a solid lid for months and a thaw around late April. The lid tends to go about late April and return around late November. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. Time your trip to Lac Tremblay by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether the bank is open is not something our records settle. Access is unmapped, which usually means a farm track and a walk. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Lac Gaetane at 1.3 km is the sensible second choice. None of that is settled for Lac Tremblay in what we hold.