Lac au Renard Fishing in Mauricie, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac au Renard falls in Mauricie, part of Quebec. The water sits 473 metres up. With some 19 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. Bank access stretches around 5.0 km in total. The nearest town is Weymontachie, 21 km away. Trois-Rivières is the closest city, 197 km away. If this one is busy: Lac la Tuque 1.7 km, Lac Laurel out at 3.6 km, Lac Lost 3.6 km, Lac Rabbit out at 4.7 km and Lac Kapackirek 6.1 km. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Lac au Renard

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Records held for Mauricie cover northern pike, brook trout, walleye, yellow perch and white sucker. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. Lac au Renard repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between -17°C in January and 16°C in July. The season is measured in weeks rather than months. Expect a solid lid for months and a thaw around early May. The open-water window runs from around early May to about mid November in an average year. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. The season on Lac au Renard rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Ownership and access are not documented in what we hold. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Mapping shows an empty shoreline: no ramp, no jetty, no marked entry. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. For a change of water, Lac la Tuque is 1.7 km distant. Rules at Lac au Renard are worth checking on the day.