Fishing Lac Vimont in Laurentides, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Vimont is one of the Laurentides waters in Quebec. Height above sea level is 390 metres. At some 2.04 sq km it is far too large to cover on foot in a day. Shoreline length is close to 13 km, and each section fishes a little differently. Few waters listed in Laurentides are bigger. Ferme-Neuve is the closest place, 78 km off. Mont-Laurier lies 94 km off, Manawan another 96 km. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Lac Vimont

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. 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. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. On Lac Vimont a short move beats a long cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 17°C and January near -17°C. A short, intense season is the rule this far north. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly early May. On the long-run averages the water opens up around early May and starts locking again about mid November. Late spring and early autumn carry the year between them. That is the shape of the year on Lac Vimont.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. A jetty or pier is mapped about 1.1 km from here. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Lac Glidden sits 2.1 km off and takes the overflow. Nothing here settles the position at Lac Vimont for certain.