Lac Alex Fishing near Leblanc, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Alex is a Mauricie water, in Quebec. The surface lies 477 metres up. Surface area is around 30 hectares, which gives you real water without needing a boat. Shoreline comes to about 3.0 km, small enough to learn in a day. For a base, Leblanc sits 36 km out. The nearest city of size is Trois-Rivières, 227 km away. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lac Alex

  The records we hold are silent on depth, so plan to find it yourself. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Survey and observation records for Mauricie include northern pike, brook trout, walleye, yellow perch and white sucker. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Lac Alex gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 16°C; the cold one sits at -17°C. The fishing year opens late and shuts early. Once it clears, about early May, the fishing comes on quickly. Climate figures give an open season running early May to mid November. The middle of summer slows a little, with dawn and dusk carrying it. Lac Alex fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. No made access is recorded, so a short walk in is the likely arrangement. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Should this one be busy, Lac Turcot is 0.8 km off. Check the position at Lac Alex before loading the car.