Lac Bourgeoys Fishing Guide, Mauricie, Quebec

• Overview

  This water sits in Mauricie, Quebec. What surrounds it is rolling bush. At about 28 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. The full circuit measures close to 4.4 km on foot. The closest town, La Tuque, is 20 km away. Laurentides lies 60 km off, Sainte-Thècle another 88 km. Other water nearby: Lac a la Vandoise 0.7 km away, 1.1 km away is Lac du Sapin, Petit lac du Sapin 1.6 km away, 2.1 km away is Lac des Hauteurs and Lac aux Dores 3.2 km away. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lac Bourgeoys

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Fish documented in Mauricie include northern pike, brook trout, walleye and yellow perch. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Lac Bourgeoys gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 17°C and January near -16°C. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about late April. Average temperatures cross freezing around late April in spring and again near mid November in autumn. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. That is the shape of the year on Lac Bourgeoys.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. There is no recorded infrastructure here; expect to find your own way in. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. The nearest alternative is Lac a la Vandoise, 0.7 km out. Signs at Lac Bourgeoys carry more weight than any list.