Lac Augusta, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  This water sits in Mauricie, Quebec. The water sits 462 metres up. Roughly 2.22 sq km of surface: treat each bay as a water in its own right. Around 12 km of bank, which is a long day on foot. Few waters listed in Mauricie are bigger. Nearest place of any size is Chapais, 85 km away. The big place round here is Saguenay, 287 km distant. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Lac Augusta

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Across Mauricie, recorded fish include northern pike, brook trout, walleye and yellow perch. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Lac Augusta repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The year swings from about -19°C in January to roughly 16°C in July. Cold dominates the calendar on water this far north. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about early May. Expect the water usable from around early May until roughly mid November. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. Plan around that when you fish Lac Augusta.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Access points are not mapped for this water, which suits people who like quiet. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Season dates differ by species, so read the table. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. The nearest alternative is Lac Lonlay, 2.9 km out. Where Lac Augusta is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.