Fishing at Lac au Foin, Mauricie, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac au Foin lies in Mauricie, Quebec. This is lake country bush country. The water covers some 19 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. There is roughly 2.2 km of shoreline here, which is a short walk end to end. You are 10 km from La Tuque. Laurentides is 41 km away, with Sainte-Thècle at 66 km. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Lac au Foin

  Our records hold no depth for this water. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Records held for Mauricie cover northern pike, brook trout, walleye, yellow perch and white sucker. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. Lac au Foin gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 18°C and January at -15°C. Winter puts a hard lid on this one. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about late April. Expect the water usable from around late April until roughly late November. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. Keep it in mind when planning a trip to Lac au Foin.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. There is no mapped parking or launch close by, which usually means walking in. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. If the gate is shut, Lac Proquau at 0.8 km is the nearest alternative. Signs at Lac au Foin carry more weight than any list.