Lac Capri Fishing Guide, Mauricie, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Capri is one of the Mauricie listings for Quebec. Everything around it is northern bush. Small at around 5 hectares: two anglers spread out cover most of it. Supplies mean a trip to Weymontachie, 54 km off. Trois-Rivières sits 143 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. Near neighbours include: Lac Bataille out at 1.7 km, Lac Hoover after 2.6 km, Lac Horn out at 2.7 km, Lac du Heron after 3.1 km and Lac Tulipe out at 3.1 km. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Lac Capri

  Depth figures are not published for this one. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Across Mauricie, recorded fish include northern pike, brook trout, walleye, yellow perch and white sucker. County records show what lives in the area; the local agency holds the water-by-water list. Lac Capri repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 17°C and January at -16°C. This far north the hard season runs and runs. After early May the shallows warm and the fish move up. On the long-run averages the water opens up around early May and starts locking again about mid November. Late spring and early autumn carry the year between them. Anyone fishing Lac Capri regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. No made access is recorded, so a short walk in is the likely arrangement. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Check whether a boat is allowed before you tow one. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. For a change of water, Lac Bataille is 1.7 km distant. The position on Lac Capri is worth confirming on the day.