Lac de la Bouteille Fishing in Mauricie, Quebec

• Overview

  Set in Mauricie, Lac de la Bouteille is a Quebec water. Around the bank it is pine and birch. Small at around 2 hectares: two anglers spread out cover most of it. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Mauricie. The town to know is Hérouxville, 9.4 km out. Saint-Tite is 9.9 km away, with Sainte-Thècle at 17 km. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac de la Bouteille

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Public occurrence data for Mauricie names northern pike, brook trout, walleye, yellow perch and white sucker. County data is a starting point rather than a guarantee. Fish Lac de la Bouteille to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 19°C and January about -14°C. A solid cap is the normal state through winter. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about late April. Average temperatures cross freezing around late April in spring and again near late November in autumn. Spring is short and heavy here; autumn is longer and steadier. That is the shape of the year on Lac de la Bouteille.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. Public mapping records no formal access here, so plan for a walk and soft ground. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. The nearest alternative is Lacs des Caribous, 1.3 km out. Nothing on Lac de la Bouteille should be assumed from this page alone.