Fishing Lac Cache in Lanaudière, Quebec

• Overview

  Set in Lanaudière, Lac Cache is a Quebec water. The water sits 502 metres up. The closest town, Saint-Michel-des-Saints, is 25 km distant. Trois-Rivières is the closest city, 90 km away. Near neighbours: Lac Bois Franc the better part of 1 km, Lac Noir some 1.1 km off, Lac Paul the better part of 1.2 km, Petit lac Bois Franc some 1.4 km off and Lac Carotte the better part of 1.7 km. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Lac Cache

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. County-wide records name pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, rock bass and brook trout. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. Work Lac Cache in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 17°C and January near -15°C. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. Once it clears, about early May, the fishing comes on quickly. Averages place the thaw at early May and the freeze at late November. June through September is the settled part of the year, with the shoulders busier for fish. At Lac Cache the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. The nearest alternative is Lac Bois Franc, 1 km out. Where Lac Cache is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.