Fishing at Lac a la Vase, Mauricie, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac a la Vase is one of the Mauricie listings for Quebec. What surrounds it is mixed forest. By elevation it sits in the lower part of our Quebec listings. Start from Saint-Élie-de-Caxton, 1.4 km down the road. For a city, Trois-Rivières is 35 km off. Also within reach: Lac Plaisant a shade over 1.4 km, Lac du Barrage out at 2 km, Lac Hyacinthe a shade over 2.1 km, Petit lac Rose out at 2.5 km and Lac Bell a shade over 3 km. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac a la Vase

  Our records carry no depth, so judge it from the bank. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Public occurrence data for Mauricie names northern pike, brook trout, walleye and yellow perch. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Lac a la Vase repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 19°C and January near -13°C. The season turns properly here, and fish follow it closely. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around late April. Averages place the thaw at late April and the freeze at early December. June through September is the settled part of the year, with the shoulders busier for fish. It holds true on Lac a la Vase more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. There is recorded parking some 580 m off. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Lac Plaisant, 1.4 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing here settles the position at Lac a la Vase for certain.