Lac Turpin, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Set in Laurentides, Quebec, this is Lac Turpin. The water sits 543 metres up. Small at around 5 hectares: two anglers spread out cover most of it. It sits higher than most water we list in Quebec. 27 km away sits Rivière-Rouge, the nearest town. Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne sits 134 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lac Turpin

  The records we hold are silent on depth, so plan to find it yourself. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Reported across Laurentides: pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass and yellow perch. The list covers the county rather than this water alone, so treat it as a guide. Work Lac Turpin in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is -15°C to 17°C. The middle months are generous; the ends are demanding. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly late April. The lid tends to go about late April and return around late November. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. On Lac Turpin that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. There is no recorded infrastructure here; expect to find your own way in. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Season dates differ by species, so read the table. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. For a change of water, Lac Pie is 0.6 km distant. Signs at Lac Turpin carry more weight than any list.