Lac Bottine Fishing near Leblanc, Quebec

• Overview

  The Mauricie entry here is Lac Bottine, in Quebec. The water sits 439 metres up. The water measures roughly 2 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. On size it sits at the modest end of our Mauricie list. The closest town, Leblanc, is 8 km away. Saguenay sits 251 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Lac Bottine

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Across Mauricie, recorded fish include northern pike, brook trout, walleye, yellow perch and white sucker. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. Treat Lac Bottine as a water to read rather than to cover.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 16°C at the top of summer and -17°C at the bottom of winter. This is a two-season water: locked, then wide open. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly early May. Climate averages put the opening at about early May and the closing near mid November. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. It sets the rhythm of the year at Lac Bottine.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. Public mapping records no formal access here, so plan for a walk and soft ground. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. If the gate is shut, Lac Banane at 1.5 km is the nearest alternative. Check the current arrangement for Lac Bottine.