Premier lac Chaine, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Premier lac Chaine is one of the Laurentides listings for Quebec. The water sits 321 metres up. For a base, Mont-Laurier sits 19 km out. Maniwaki follows at 25 km, then Saint-Boniface at 28 km. Water in the same corner: Lac a Menard just 0.9 km, Troisieme lac Chaine 0.9 km off, Deuxieme lac Chaine just 1.2 km, Lac a Patrick 2 km off and Lac Simpson just 2.6 km. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Premier lac Chaine

  Our records hold no depth for this water. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Fish documented in Laurentides include pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, brook trout and rock bass. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. At Premier lac Chaine the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July to average close to 18°C, with January the cold end at about -14°C. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer and winter test it. Firm cover through the cold months, then open water from late April. Ice clears near late April and comes back about late November in a typical year. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. That is the shape of the year on Premier lac Chaine.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Should this one be busy, Lac a Menard is 0.9 km off. Check the position on Premier lac Chaine before loading the car.