Petit lac de l'Araignee Fishing in Lanaudière, Quebec

• Overview

  The Lanaudière end of Quebec holds Petit lac de l'Araignee. The surface lies 472 metres up. The nearest town is Mandeville, 26 km away. The big place round here is Terrebonne, 86 km distant. In the same area: 0.5 km out stands Lac de l'Araignee, Lac Noel a shade over 1 km, 1 km out stands Lac a l'Orignal, Lac Paul a shade over 1.1 km and 1.2 km out stands Lac Noir. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Petit lac de l'Araignee

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Records held for Lanaudière cover pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch and rock bass. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Read Petit lac de l'Araignee before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July to average close to 17°C, with January the cold end at about -15°C. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. Winter locks it down, and late April brings it back. Averages suggest open water from about late April through to roughly late November. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. At Petit lac de l'Araignee the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. Public data shows nothing built here, so treat the whole approach as informal. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. Lac de l'Araignee, 0.5 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Signs at Petit lac de l'Araignee carry more weight than any list.