Fishing Lac Coffin in Mauricie, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Coffin is one of the Mauricie listings for Quebec. The surface lies 309 metres up. At roughly 7 hectares, the whole thing is within casting reach of a single walk. The town to know is La Tuque, 36 km out. Saguenay is the closest city, 149 km away. Close by you also have: 0.9 km away is Lac Savane, Lac a Matte near enough 1.8 km, 3.2 km away is Lac Georges, Lac Kennedy near enough 3.3 km and 3.8 km away is Petit lac Georges. No boundary runs near, so the local rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lac Coffin

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Across Mauricie, recorded fish include northern pike, brook trout, walleye, yellow perch and white sucker. The county list is broader than any single water. The near bank of Lac Coffin is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs -16°C to 17°C. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. Once it clears, about late April, the fishing comes on quickly. Averages suggest open water from about late April through to roughly mid November. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. On Lac Coffin that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. Access points are not mapped for this water, which suits people who like quiet. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Season dates differ by species, so read the table. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Lac Savane, 0.9 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Rules at Lac Coffin are worth checking on the day.