Fishing at Lac Boisvert, Lanaudière, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Boisvert stands in Lanaudière, Quebec. The bank is 419 metres above sea level. The water covers some 35 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. The full circuit measures close to 3.1 km on foot. It is among the larger waters listed here for Lanaudière. Start from Saint-Michel-des-Saints, 38 km down the road. Trois-Rivières sits 90 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 Boisvert

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Fish documented in Lanaudière include pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, rock bass and brook trout. The county list is broader than any single water. On Lac Boisvert a short move beats a long cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 17°C and January near -15°C. The season turns properly here, and fish follow it closely. Ice-out usually falls in late April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Averages suggest open water from about late April through to roughly late November. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. Anyone fishing Lac Boisvert regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Ownership and access are not documented in what we hold. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. For a change of water, Lac Bonheur is 2.4 km distant. Confirm before you fish Lac Boisvert.