Fishing Lac au Bouleau in Mauricie, Quebec

• Overview

  The Mauricie entry here is Lac au Bouleau, in Quebec. It stands 240 metres above sea level. Surface area runs to about 4 hectares — small enough to read in one session. Most waters listed here for Mauricie are larger. Hérouxville is the closest town at 22 km. The nearest city of size is Trois-Rivières, 55 km away. No boundary runs near, so the local rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lac au Bouleau

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. County-wide records name northern pike, brook trout and walleye. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Fish Lac au Bouleau to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 18°C in July and bottom out at -14°C in January. Cold winters and warm summers give a wide working range. Look for the thaw near late April; the fishing lifts straight after. Open water usually runs from late April until about late November. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. At Lac au Bouleau the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. A campsite lies 1.4 km away for anyone staying over. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Take the rules with you rather than trusting memory. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Lac Sarracenie, 0.6 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Rules at Lac au Bouleau are worth checking on the day.