Fishing at Petit lac Long, Laurentides, Quebec

• Overview

  Petit lac Long lies in Laurentides, in Quebec. Height above sea level is 300 metres. Small at around 5 hectares: two anglers spread out cover most of it. Lac-Simon is the closest town at 2.8 km. The nearest city of size is Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne, 90 km away. Close by you have: Lac Darrieu 1.2 km, Lac Yvan near enough 1.3 km, Lac J 1.5 km, Lac E near enough 1.8 km and Lac du Tapis de Mousse 1.8 km. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Petit lac Long

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. 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. Work Petit lac Long in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 18°C in July and bottoms out near -14°C in January. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. Ice-out usually falls in late April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Averages place the thaw at late April and the freeze at late November. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. Petit lac Long runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing we hold confirms whether access is permitted. Mapping shows an empty shoreline: no ramp, no jetty, no marked entry. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Season dates differ by species, so read the table. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. If the gate is shut, Lac Darrieu at 1.2 km is the nearest alternative. Signs at Petit lac Long carry more weight than any list.