Fishing Lac Bachon in Mauricie, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Bachon sits in Mauricie, out in Quebec. This is spruce and muskeg country. Roughly 23 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. Around 2.6 km of margin, front to back. For supplies, Métabetchouan is 57 km out. La Tuque is 61 km and Chambord 62 km. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lac Bachon

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Open biodiversity records for Mauricie list northern pike, brook trout, walleye and yellow perch. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Lac Bachon fishes better once you know its edges.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 17°C and January near -16°C. The year here is short and sharp: a long lid, then a burst of open water. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly early May. Ice usually gives way near early May, and forms again about mid November. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. The season on Lac Bachon rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Ownership and access are not documented in what we hold. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Failing this one, try Lac a la Vole, 2.2 km away. Check the position on Lac Bachon before loading the car.