Solid cloud cover today, with a soft S wind and pressure going nowhere. The water to cover at Lac Achigan is the seam between weed and open water. Everything points to the night. Push the good hours hard and rest through the dead ones. Autumn fish are feeding up and less fussy than in summer.
The bites are poor now
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Lac Achigan is set in Mauricie, Quebec. The bank is 449 metres above sea level. The water measures roughly 4 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. Most waters listed here for Mauricie are larger. Some 38 km away sits La Tuque, the nearest settlement. It is 98 km to Trois-Rivières, the nearest city. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.
No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Species logged across Mauricie include northern pike, brook trout, walleye and yellow perch. Species recorded across the county may be limited to a few waters. On Lac Achigan a short move beats a long cast.
Expect July near 18°C and January near -15°C on the long-run figures. Cold winters and warm summers give a wide working range. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around late April. Climate figures give an open season running late April to late November. Spring is short and heavy here; autumn is longer and steadier. Plan around that when you fish Lac Achigan.
Nothing in our records says who may fish here. Nothing is mapped in the way of a ramp or car park within a short radius. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Check whether bait restrictions apply before you buy any. Should this one be busy, Lac la Tour is 1.4 km off. Nothing on Lac Achigan should be assumed from this page alone.
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| 75 | 77 | 79 | 80 | 79 | 84 | 85 | 85 | 87 | 87 | 84 | 79 | 79 | 80 | 83 | 79 | 78 | 80 | 83 | 84 | 87 | 89 | 92 | 93 |
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