Lac Bleu Fishing near Weymontachie, Quebec

• Overview

  You will find Lac Bleu in Mauricie, Quebec. The water sits 454 metres up. It covers about 10 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. With about 1.7 km of edge, you can try several depths in one session. The closest town, Weymontachie, is 50 km away. It is 163 km to Saguenay, the nearest city. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lac Bleu

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Records held for Mauricie cover northern pike, brook trout and walleye. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. At Lac Bleu the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 16°C on average, January about -17°C. The freeze holds for the better part of the year. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from early May. Average temperatures cross freezing around early May in spring and again near mid November in autumn. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. The season on Lac Bleu rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing we hold confirms whether access is permitted. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Formal access is not mapped, so the last stretch is likely on foot. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Take the rules with you rather than trusting memory. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Failing this one, try Lac Surprise, 0.9 km away. Check the position on Lac Bleu before loading the car.