Lac Cache Fishing near Manawan, Quebec

• Overview

  In Quebec, Lac Cache belongs to Lanaudière. The setting is northern bush. Roughly 10 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. The bank runs about 1.6 km all the way round, so one visit can cover most of it. Manawan lies 35 km from the water. Then Saint-Michel-des-Saints, 63 km, and Weymontachie, 74 km. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lac Cache

  Depth is unmeasured here, so let the shoreline guide you. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Survey and observation records for Lanaudière include pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch and rock bass. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. The shape of Lac Cache rewards a slow walk along one bank.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from -16°C in January up to 17°C in July. The year here is short and sharp: a long lid, then a burst of open water. The lid usually goes in early May, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Average temperatures cross freezing around early May in spring and again near mid November in autumn. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. Anyone fishing Lac Cache regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. No car park, ramp or path is recorded within easy reach of the shore. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Take the rules with you rather than trusting memory. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Lac de la Sturnelle sits 0.5 km off and takes the overflow. Confirm before you fish Lac Cache.