Petit lac de la Truite Fishing in Laurentides, Quebec

• Overview

  This water sits in Laurentides, Quebec. It sits at 214 metres above sea level. With some 14 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. With about 1.9 km of edge, you can try several depths in one session. It lies lower than most water we list in Quebec. Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel is the closest place, 35 km off. Val-des-Monts is 40 km and Ripon 41 km. The boundary is near enough that local access rules are worth double-checking.

• Where to Fish on Petit lac de la Truite

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Species logged across Laurentides include pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch and brook trout. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. At Petit lac de la Truite light and wind decide more than tackle does.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 19°C and January reads -13°C. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. The lid usually sets by midwinter and gives way around late April. Break-up near late April, freeze-up near early December: that is the shape of an average year. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. Petit lac de la Truite fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing we hold confirms whether access is permitted. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. A campsite lies 1.3 km away for anyone staying over. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. For a change of water, Lac a Desautels is 2.5 km distant. Treat access at Petit lac de la Truite as something to verify.