Lac aux Cedres, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Lac aux Cedres sits within Mauricie in Quebec. Elevation runs to 314 metres. Roughly 11 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. Bank access stretches around 1.8 km in total. Head to La Tuque, 7.3 km away, for anything you forgot. Further out sit Laurentides (44 km) and Sainte-Thècle (65 km). It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Lac aux Cedres

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Across Mauricie, recorded fish include northern pike, brook trout and walleye. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. At Lac aux Cedres the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 18°C in July and bottoms out near -16°C in January. The season turns properly here, and fish follow it closely. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about late April. Break-up near late April, freeze-up near late November: that is the shape of an average year. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. Lac aux Cedres fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. No car park, ramp or path is recorded within easy reach of the shore. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. If the gate is shut, Lac Haigh at 1.4 km is the nearest alternative. Confirm before you fish Lac aux Cedres.