Fishing at Lac Coria, Lanaudière, Quebec

• Overview

  The Lanaudière end of Quebec holds Lac Coria. Elevation runs to 479 metres. With some 20 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. With about 1.8 km of edge, you can try several depths in one session. The town to know is Manawan, 28 km out. It is 142 km to Trois-Rivières, the nearest city. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Lac Coria

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Public occurrence data for Lanaudière names pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, rock bass and brook trout. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Fish Lac Coria where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 17°C for July and -16°C for January. Little of the calendar is open water, so timing counts for everything. The open season starts with the thaw, near enough early May. Break-up near early May, freeze-up near mid November: that is the shape of an average year. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. Expect Lac Coria to follow that timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Public data shows nothing built here, so treat the whole approach as informal. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Check whether a boat is allowed before you tow one. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. Lac Foligne, 3.9 km away, makes the obvious fallback. What applies at Lac Coria may have changed since it was mapped.