Lac Angrois Fishing in Mauricie, Quebec

• Overview

  Quebec holds Lac Angrois, in Mauricie. The country here is taiga. The water covers some 15 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. Shoreline comes to about 2.8 km, small enough to learn in a day. Nearest town is La Tuque, 43 km off. Further out sit Laurentides (60 km) and Métabetchouan (81 km). It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lac Angrois

  We hold no depth figure for this one. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Fish documented in Mauricie include northern pike, brook trout, walleye and yellow perch. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. Lac Angrois fishes better once you know its edges.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 17°C in July and bottoms out near -16°C in January. Cold dominates the year and the fishing works around it. Expect a solid lid for months and a thaw around early May. Expect the water usable from around early May until roughly mid November. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. That shapes the year on Lac Angrois.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. No car park, ramp or path is recorded within easy reach of the shore. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Should this one be busy, Lac Belle Truite is 1 km off. Where Lac Angrois is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.