Lac a la Truite Fishing near Lac-Mégantic, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac a la Truite is an Estrie water, in Quebec. The water sits 516 metres up. Around 36 hectares of surface means several distinct areas to work. Roughly 3.1 km of bank means you can walk to a fresh area when one goes quiet. By elevation it is in the upper part of our Quebec listings. Lac-Mégantic lies 16 km from the water. Weedon Centre is 49 km away, with Cookshire at 53 km. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Lac a la Truite

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Estrie records list rainbow trout, white sucker, pumpkinseed and brook trout among the fish reported. Species recorded across the county may be limited to a few waters. At Lac a la Truite the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 17°C in July and bottom out at -12°C in January. Winter closes the water for a while, and the reopening is worth catching. Expect a solid lid for months and a thaw around late April. In an average year the thaw lands around late April and the freeze near late November. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. Time your trip to Lac a la Truite by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Season dates differ by species, so read the table. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. If the gate is shut, Lac des Sapins at 4.1 km is the nearest alternative. Treat access at Lac a la Truite as something to verify.