Fishing Lac Cache in Mauricie, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Cache lies in Mauricie, Quebec. This is northern bush country. It covers about 7 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. By elevation it is in the upper part of our Quebec listings. You are 42 km from Leblanc. Further out sit Weymontachie (54 km) and Saint-Félicien (104 km). No boundary runs near, so the local rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lac Cache

  Depth here is unknown, so count the lead down before committing. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Fish documented in Mauricie include northern pike, brook trout and walleye. County data is a starting point rather than a guarantee. Lac Cache gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 16°C and January near -18°C. The ice season is long here and the open one short. Count the season from break-up, usually early May. Ice usually gives way near early May, and forms again about mid November. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Lac Cache runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  There is no clear statement anywhere on who can fish it. No made access appears within a short radius, so plan to park on a verge and walk. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. For a change of water, Lac Rosaire is 1.3 km distant. Treat access at Lac Cache as something to verify.