Fishing at Lac a Dos de Cheval, Mauricie, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac a Dos de Cheval is a Mauricie water, in Quebec. The ground round it is pine and birch. The closest town, Mandeville, is 16 km distant. Maskinongé is 18 km and Saint-Élie-de-Caxton 18 km. Round about: Lac du Moulin some 0.6 km off, Lac des Soeurs 0.9 km away, Lac Fleury some 1.2 km off, Lac Vincent 1.3 km away and Lac a Mousse some 2 km off. This one sits near enough to a boundary to be worth checking.

• Where to Fish on Lac a Dos de Cheval

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Public occurrence data for Mauricie names northern pike, brook trout, walleye, yellow perch and white sucker. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Lac a Dos de Cheval repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 19°C in July and bottoms out near -13°C in January. Four clear seasons, with a proper winter at one end. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near late April. On average, late April opens the water and late November closes it again. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. Time your trip to Lac a Dos de Cheval by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Should this one be busy, Lac du Moulin is 0.6 km off. The position on Lac a Dos de Cheval is worth confirming on the day.