Lac Dandy Fishing near Mandeville, Quebec

• Overview

  You will find Lac Dandy in Mauricie, Quebec. It lies 424 metres above sea level. At 8 hectares it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. 28 km away sits Mandeville, the nearest town. Trois-Rivières sits 68 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Lac Dandy

  Depth is unmeasured here, so let the shoreline guide you. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Open biodiversity records for Mauricie list northern pike, brook trout and walleye. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. On Lac Dandy that means starting tight and working out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 18°C for July and -15°C for January. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about late April. Averages place the thaw at late April and the freeze at late November. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. Plan around that when you fish Lac Dandy.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether the bank is open is not something our records settle. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. For a change of water, Lac Brochard is 1.2 km distant. Check the position at Lac Dandy before loading the car.