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

• Overview

  Petit lac Monroe is one of the Laurentides listings for Quebec. Elevation runs to 341 metres. Surface area is around 28 hectares, which gives you real water without needing a boat. It ranks high for size among our Laurentides listings. 14 km away sits Mont-Tremblant, the nearest town. Labelle follows at 18 km, then Saint-Donat-de-Montcalm at 22 km. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Petit lac Monroe

  Depth here is unknown, so count the lead down before committing. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Reported across Laurentides: pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, brook trout and rock bass. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. Read Petit lac Monroe for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July to average close to 17°C, with January the cold end at about -14°C. Fishing here follows the temperature more than the calendar. Break-up comes around late April, and the run that follows is short and strong. Break-up sits around late April on average, with the water closing again about late November. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Anyone fishing Petit lac Monroe regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. A boat ramp sits 340 m away, so trailered boats can get on. There is somewhere to leave the car, 360 m off. A pier 280 m from here gives a platform over deeper water. A picnic spot sits 310 m from the bank. There are toilets 270 m off. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Should this one be busy, Lac des Femmes is 0.8 km off. Nothing on Petit lac Monroe should be assumed from this page alone.