Fishing at Lac Berthelette, Mauricie, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Berthelette sits in Mauricie, out in Quebec. The surface lies 398 metres up. It runs to roughly 13 hectares — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. The whole outline is near 2.1 km, and most of it is walkable. Manawan lies 80 km from the water. The big place round here is Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne, 245 km distant. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Lac Berthelette

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Records held for Mauricie cover northern pike, brook trout, walleye, yellow perch and white sucker. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. On Lac Berthelette that means starting tight and working out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 16°C and January reads -17°C. The window is narrow, and fish feed hard while it lasts. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about early May. Ice usually gives way near early May, and forms again about mid November. Fishing peaks soon after break-up and again before the cold returns. Lac Berthelette fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. No made access is recorded, so a short walk in is the likely arrangement. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Lac de la Roche at 2.7 km is the sensible second choice. Confirm before you fish Lac Berthelette.