Petit lac Henou in Laurentides: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Look for Petit lac Henou in the Laurentides part of Quebec. The ground round it is rolling bush. Some 31 km away sits Mont-Laurier, the nearest settlement. After that come La Minerve at 32 km and Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel at 37 km. Round about: Lac Henou 0.5 km away, Lac Trudeau 0.8 km off, Lac Brais 1.2 km away, Lac Morin 1.2 km off and Petit lac Brais 1.3 km away. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Petit lac Henou

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Open biodiversity records for Laurentides list pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass and yellow perch. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Petit lac Henou fishes better once you know its edges.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July near 18°C and January near -14°C on the long-run figures. A hard winter is normal, and the thaw brings a strong few weeks. Winter locks it down, and late April brings it back. In an average year the thaw lands around late April and the freeze near late November. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. Anyone fishing Petit lac Henou regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. There is no recorded infrastructure here; expect to find your own way in. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Should this one be busy, Lac Henou is 0.5 km off. Check the position at Petit lac Henou before loading the car.