Lac Banane Fishing Guide, Mauricie, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Banane sits within Mauricie in Quebec. This is lake country bush ground. It covers about 4 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. On size it sits at the modest end of our Mauricie list. The town to know is Saint-Élie-de-Caxton, 47 km out. For a city, Trois-Rivières is 76 km off. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac Banane

  No figure exists for depth, so let the water show you. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Records held for Mauricie cover northern pike, brook trout, walleye, yellow perch and white sucker. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. On Lac Banane the quiet end is the one worth the extra effort.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 18°C and January at -15°C. Cold winters and warm summers give a wide working range. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around late April. The season between ice runs from about late April to late November. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. The season on Lac Banane follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. Formal access is not mapped, so the last stretch is likely on foot. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Failing this one, try Lac Poire, 0.7 km away. What applies at Lac Banane may have changed since it was mapped.