Petit lac Berneuil Fishing near Mont-Laurier, Quebec

• Overview

  Petit lac Berneuil is one of the Laurentides listings for Quebec. Around the bank it is mixed forest. Small at around 4 hectares: two anglers spread out cover most of it. Head to Mont-Laurier, 34 km away, for anything you forgot. Beyond it, Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel at 37 km and La Minerve at 39 km. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Petit lac Berneuil

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Records held for Laurentides cover pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch and brook trout. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. At Petit lac Berneuil the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 18°C in July and bottoms out near -14°C in January. Winter puts a hard lid on this one. Look for the thaw near late April; the fishing lifts straight after. Break-up sits around late April on average, with the water closing again about late November. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. Time your trip to Petit lac Berneuil by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. Access points are not mapped for this water, which suits people who like quiet. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Failing this one, try Lac Berneuil, 0.5 km away. What applies at Petit lac Berneuil may have changed since it was mapped.