Fishing Lac aux Meuniers in Mauricie, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac aux Meuniers is a Mauricie water, Quebec side. It sits at 508 metres above sea level. The water covers some 66 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. At about 7.3 km of edge, most people work one arm at a time. It ranks high for size among our Mauricie listings. Weymontachie lies 44 km from the water. Leblanc is 54 km and Saint-Félicien 96 km. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Lac aux Meuniers

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. 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. Across Mauricie, recorded fish include northern pike, brook trout, walleye, yellow perch and white sucker. Species recorded across the county may be limited to a few waters. Lac aux Meuniers repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 16°C in July and bottom out at -18°C in January. Open water is the exception rather than the rule here. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around early May. In an average year the thaw lands around early May and the freeze near mid November. The first weeks of open water and the last are the ones to plan for. That is the shape of the year on Lac aux Meuniers.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. No made access is recorded, so a short walk in is the likely arrangement. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Lac Rond, 0.8 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing here settles the position at Lac aux Meuniers for certain.