Lac de la Grenouille near Weymontachie: Fishing Spots, Seasons and Access

• Overview

  Quebec holds Lac de la Grenouille, in Mauricie. The surface lies 496 metres up. Small at around 5 hectares: two anglers spread out cover most of it. Weymontachie sits 35 km from here and is the nearest stop. The big place round here is Saguenay, 181 km distant. Within a short run: Lac Rene at 0.4 km, Lac de la Roche Plate some 0.9 km off, Lac du Pied at 1.4 km, Lac Gerard some 1.9 km off and Lac Benes at 2.5 km. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lac de la Grenouille

  The records we hold are silent on depth, so plan to find it yourself. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Mauricie records list northern pike, brook trout and walleye among the fish reported. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. Lac de la Grenouille gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about -17°C and July at about 16°C, the water has a wide range to work through. The freeze holds for the better part of the year. Ice-out usually falls in early May, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Open water usually runs from early May until about mid November. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. That is the shape of the year on Lac de la Grenouille.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. Public data shows nothing built here, so treat the whole approach as informal. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Take the rules with you rather than trusting memory. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Lac Rene sits 0.4 km off and takes the overflow. Ask locally about Lac de la Grenouille if anything is unclear.