Lac Concombre Fishing in Mauricie, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Concombre lies within the bounds of Mauricie, Quebec. The surface lies 438 metres up. Surface area runs to about 6 hectares — small enough to read in one session. The nearest town is La Tuque, 57 km away. Métabetchouan follows at 67 km, then Laurentides at 72 km. Nearest other option: Lac Ouellet the better part of 0.8 km, Lac a l'Ours out at 1 km, Lac Etoile the better part of 1.1 km, Lac Baptiste out at 1.4 km and Lac Travers the better part of 1.4 km. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Lac Concombre

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Records held for Mauricie cover northern pike, brook trout, walleye, yellow perch and white sucker. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. On Lac Concombre the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is -16°C to 17°C. The fishing year opens late and shuts early. Ice is part of the season here, ending near early May. Climate averages put the opening at about early May and the closing near mid November. June through September is the settled part of the year, with the shoulders busier for fish. The season on Lac Concombre rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. There is no mapped parking or launch close by, which usually means walking in. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. If the gate is shut, Lac Ouellet at 0.8 km is the nearest alternative. Nothing on Lac Concombre should be assumed from this page alone.