Fishing Lac Colimacon in Mauricie, Quebec

• Overview

  Mauricie, Quebec, is where Lac Colimacon sits. The surface lies 523 metres up. The water covers some 10 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. A shoreline of some 1.6 km keeps the choices simple. By elevation it is in the upper part of our Quebec listings. Nearest place of any size is Leblanc, 12 km away. For a city, Saguenay is 233 km off. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Lac Colimacon

  Depth here is unknown, so count the lead down before committing. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Public occurrence data for Mauricie names northern pike, brook trout and walleye. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Lac Colimacon gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 16°C at the top of summer and -17°C at the bottom of winter. The ice season is long here and the open one short. Ice is part of the season here, ending near early May. Climate figures give an open season running early May to mid November. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. Time your trip to Lac Colimacon by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Should this one be busy, Lac Malaria is 1.2 km off. Treat Lac Colimacon as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.