Lac de la Poignee Fishing in Mauricie, Quebec

• Overview

  The Mauricie end of Quebec holds Lac de la Poignee. It lies 381 metres above sea level. You are 57 km from Métabetchouan. Chambord is 62 km away, with La Tuque at 62 km. Also within reach: Lac de la Tour after 0.7 km, Lac Solo at 1.1 km, Lac Barbelle after 1.7 km, Lac du Croissant at 1.8 km and Lac de la Bulle after 1.8 km. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lac de la Poignee

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Mauricie records list northern pike, brook trout, walleye, yellow perch and white sucker among the fish reported. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. Read Lac de la Poignee for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July near 17°C and January near -16°C on the long-run figures. Winter owns most of the year at this latitude. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from early May. Averages suggest open water from about early May through to roughly mid November. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. That shapes the year on Lac de la Poignee.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. There is no mapped parking or launch close by, which usually means walking in. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Lac de la Tour sits 0.7 km off and takes the overflow. Treat Lac de la Poignee as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.