Fishing Lac Bow in Mauricie, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Bow lies within the bounds of Mauricie, Quebec. Elevation runs to 492 metres. At about 12 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. A shoreline of some 1.8 km keeps the choices simple. Some 58 km away sits Leblanc, the nearest settlement. Trois-Rivières is the closest city, 228 km away. What else is close: Lac Fox at 1.9 km, 2.4 km away is Lac Pot, Lac Savard at 2.5 km, 2.8 km away is Lac de la Tour and Lac Racine at 2.9 km. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Lac Bow

  We hold no depth figure for this one. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Open biodiversity records for Mauricie list northern pike, brook trout and walleye. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. The near bank of Lac Bow is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about -17°C and July at about 16°C, the water has a wide range to work through. Long winters and short summers set the pattern. Break-up comes around early May, and the run that follows is short and strong. Break-up sits around early May on average, with the water closing again about mid November. Fishing peaks soon after break-up and again before the cold returns. At Lac Bow the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Look for a notice board at the entrance. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. Lac Fox, 1.9 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing on Lac Bow should be assumed from this page alone.