Lac au Pekan Fishing near Métabetchouan, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac au Pekan is a Mauricie water, in Quebec. The surface lies 413 metres up. Around 10 hectares of surface means several distinct areas to work. Around 1.9 km of margin, front to back. Métabetchouan is the closest place, 46 km off. After that come Chambord at 52 km and Desbiens at 54 km. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac au Pekan

  No figure exists for depth, so let the water show you. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Survey and observation records for Mauricie include northern pike, brook trout, walleye, yellow perch and white sucker. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Lac au Pekan gives up its fish to patience rather than distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 17°C for July and -16°C for January. The ice season is long here and the open one short. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near early May. On average, early May opens the water and mid November closes it again. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. That shapes the year on Lac au Pekan.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. 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. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Lac Philippe, 2.6 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Check the position at Lac au Pekan before loading the car.