Lac au Bouleau Fishing in Mauricie, Quebec

• Overview

  Mauricie, Quebec, is where Lac au Bouleau sits. The water sits 361 metres up. A pocket of water where every cast reaches cover. Most waters listed here for Mauricie are larger. 19 km away sits La Tuque, the nearest town. For a city, Trois-Rivières is 108 km off. More in the same country: Lac au Tremble 0.4 km away, Lac Cosgrove within 0.4 km, Lac Hubell 1 km away, Lac Gilbert within 1.3 km and Lac Gauthier 1.4 km away. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lac au Bouleau

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Fish documented in Mauricie include northern pike, brook trout and walleye. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. The near bank of Lac au Bouleau is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 17°C and January reads -16°C. Winter closes the water for a while, and the reopening is worth catching. Break-up comes around late April, and the run that follows is short and strong. From about late April to around late November, expect open water on the long-run figures. From the thaw to midsummer the fishing improves week by week. Time your trip to Lac au Bouleau by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Provincial rules still apply whatever the bank status. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Lac au Tremble, 0.4 km away, makes the obvious fallback. What applies at Lac au Bouleau may have changed since it was mapped.