Lac Vert Fishing near Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel, Quebec

• Overview

  Laurentides in Quebec is where Lac Vert sits. The surface lies 284 metres up. The water measures roughly 9 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. For supplies, Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel is 24 km out. Orléans is the closest city, 59 km away. Others close at hand: Lac de l'Ile at 0.3 km, Lacs Paesler some 0.6 km off, Petit lac Plat at 1.2 km, Lac Echoam some 1.9 km off and Lac Napanee at 2 km. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Lac Vert

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. 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. Open biodiversity records for Laurentides list pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, brook trout and rock bass. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. At Lac Vert the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between -14°C in January and 18°C in July. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. Expect a solid lid for months and a thaw around late April. Ice clears near late April and comes back about late November in a typical year. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. Plan around that when you fish Lac Vert.

• Tackle & Baits

  There is no clear statement anywhere on who can fish it. Public mapping records no formal access here, so plan for a walk and soft ground. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Season dates differ by species, so read the table. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Lac de l'Ile sits 0.3 km off and takes the overflow. Ask locally about Lac Vert if anything is unclear.