Lac Bleu Fishing near Métabetchouan, Quebec

• Overview

  Mauricie in Quebec is where Lac Bleu sits. The surroundings are boreal forest. A splashy cast here empties the swim; a quiet one owns it. Most waters listed here for Mauricie are larger. Head to Métabetchouan, 63 km away, for anything you forgot. Saguenay sits 104 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Lac Bleu

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. 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. Species logged across Mauricie include northern pike, brook trout and walleye. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. The near bank of Lac Bleu is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 17°C and January near -16°C. Water stays cold even at the height of the year. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around early May. Climate averages put the opening at about early May and the closing near mid November. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. Plan around that when you fish Lac Bleu.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Petit lac Macousine sits 1 km off and takes the overflow. Check the position on Lac Bleu before loading the car.