Petit lac Puant Fishing in Laurentides, Quebec

• Overview

  Petit lac Puant lies within the bounds of Laurentides, Quebec. The surroundings are rolling bush. Surface area runs to roughly 3.20 sq km, so plan for one area rather than the whole. With 19 km or so of shoreline, boat anglers cover ground the bank cannot. Size puts it in the front rank of our Laurentides list. Mont-Laurier at 29 km is the nearest place to stop. Further out sit La Minerve (38 km) and Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel (40 km). No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Petit lac Puant

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Records held for Laurentides cover pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, brook trout and rock bass. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. Petit lac Puant repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between -14°C in January and 18°C in July. Cold winters and warm summers give a wide working range. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about late April. Expect the water usable from around late April until roughly late November. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. Expect Petit lac Puant to follow that timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Nothing in the way of made access shows up nearby: no ramp, no car park, no path. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. If the gate is shut, Lac des Ratons at 0.8 km is the nearest alternative. Check the position on Petit lac Puant before loading the car.