Lac Amiskw Kamatakaskote Fishing in Mauricie, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Amiskw Kamatakaskote is set in Mauricie, Quebec. Height above sea level is 414 metres. It measures about 26 hectares, which is a comfortable size for bank fishing. Shoreline comes to about 2.5 km, small enough to learn in a day. 98 km away sits Chapais, the nearest town. The big place round here is Saguenay, 316 km distant. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Lac Amiskw Kamatakaskote

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. 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. County data is a starting point rather than a guarantee. At Lac Amiskw Kamatakaskote the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 16°C and January at -19°C. Open water is the exception rather than the rule here. Hard water holds through the cold months, breaking up near early May. Ice usually gives way near early May, and forms again about mid November. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. Lac Amiskw Kamatakaskote runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether the bank is open is not something our records settle. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Public mapping records no formal access here, so plan for a walk and soft ground. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Failing this one, try Lac Iriniw Kasakipet, 2 km away. For Lac Amiskw Kamatakaskote, the notice at the access point is the final word.