Fishing at Lac aux Lievres, Mauricie, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac aux Lievres sits within Mauricie in Quebec. It lies 244 metres above sea level. Saint-Tite lies 11 km from the water. For a city, Trois-Rivières is 47 km off. Nearest other option: Lac des Iles at 0.9 km, Lac Clair just 1 km, Lacs Jean-Baptiste at 1.4 km, Lac Doris just 1.5 km and Lac Gaston at 1.5 km. No boundary runs near, so the local rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lac aux Lievres

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Mauricie records list northern pike, brook trout, walleye, yellow perch and white sucker among the fish reported. Species recorded across the county may be limited to a few waters. The near bank of Lac aux Lievres is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 18°C and January about -14°C. Winter shuts the surface down for months. After late April the shallows warm and the fish move up. The season between ice runs from about late April to late November. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. The season on Lac aux Lievres follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. The nearest mapped parking is 1.1 km away, so the last stretch is on foot. You can camp about 1.1 km away, going by the mapping. There are toilets mapped about 1.1 km away. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. If the gate is shut, Lac des Iles at 0.9 km is the nearest alternative. Where Lac aux Lievres is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.