Lac Avenon in Mauricie: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Lac Avenon is listed under Mauricie, Quebec. The surface lies 420 metres up. It covers about 10 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Shoreline comes to about 1.6 km, small enough to learn in a day. Leblanc lies 89 km from the water. Gatineau is the closest city, 279 km away. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Lac Avenon

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Fish documented in Mauricie include northern pike, brook trout, walleye and yellow perch. The county list is broader than any single water. Lac Avenon gives up its fish to patience rather than distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The year swings from about -18°C in January to roughly 16°C in July. Ice holds for a long stretch, so the open weeks matter more here than further south. Once it clears, about early May, the fishing comes on quickly. From about early May to around mid November, expect open water on the long-run figures. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. Time your trip to Lac Avenon by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Nothing built is recorded close to the bank here. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Bank access can be seasonal on ground like this. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. For a change of water, Lac Fuller is 0.7 km distant. None of that is settled for Lac Avenon in what we hold.