Lac Carre in Mauricie: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Lac Carre is one of the Mauricie listings for Quebec. It sits at 521 metres above sea level. At about 32 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. There is roughly 2.9 km of shoreline here, which is a short walk end to end. It sits higher than most water we list in Quebec. The town to know is Weymontachie, 44 km out. Saguenay is the closest city, 187 km away. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lac Carre

  No figure exists for depth, so let the water show you. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Open biodiversity records for Mauricie list northern pike, brook trout, walleye and yellow perch. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. Read Lac Carre before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July near 16°C and January near -18°C on the long-run figures. Ice holds for a long stretch, so the open weeks matter more here than further south. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around early May. Climate averages put the opening at about early May and the closing near mid November. Fishing peaks soon after break-up and again before the cold returns. Anyone fishing Lac Carre regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. There is no mapped parking or launch close by, which usually means walking in. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Provincial rules still apply whatever the bank status. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Should this one be busy, Lac Robert is 1 km off. Treat access at Lac Carre as something to verify.