Lac Arnould Fishing in Mauricie, Quebec

• Overview

  In Quebec, Lac Arnould falls inside Mauricie. Around the bank it is taiga. At about 40 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. Around 4.4 km of margin, front to back. Size puts it in the front rank of our Mauricie list. Nearest town is Leblanc, 40 km off. Then Weymontachie, 62 km, and Manawan, 83 km. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Lac Arnould

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Open biodiversity records for Mauricie list northern pike, brook trout, walleye and yellow perch. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. On Lac Arnould the first feature you find is usually worth a session.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 16°C and January reads -17°C. Cold dominates the year and the fishing works around it. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from early May. Expect the water usable from around early May until roughly mid November. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. The season on Lac Arnould follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing we hold confirms whether access is permitted. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. Lac Du Tremblay, 1.6 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Confirm before you fish Lac Arnould.