Lac Cache Sud in Mauricie: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Look for Lac Cache Sud in the Mauricie part of Quebec. The bank gives way to mixed forest. At about 10 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. The edge runs 2.0 km or so, easy to work in an afternoon. La Tuque is the closest place, 49 km off. Métabetchouan is 70 km and Chambord 74 km. Not far off: Lac Trigone at 1 km, Lac Fouquet 1.3 km away, Lac du Loup at 1.5 km, Lac de l'Epinette 1.5 km away and Lac Huard at 2 km. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Lac Cache Sud

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Reported across Mauricie: northern pike, brook trout, walleye, yellow perch and white sucker. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. At Lac Cache Sud the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is -16°C to 17°C. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer and winter test it. Ice is part of the season here, ending near early May. On average, early May opens the water and mid November closes it again. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Lac Cache Sud fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. The map shows no ramp or car park nearby, so this is a walk-in water. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. Lac Trigone sits 1 km off and takes the overflow. Where Lac Cache Sud is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.