Lac de la Roulotte Fishing near Leblanc, Quebec

• Overview

  Set in Mauricie, Lac de la Roulotte is a Quebec water. Elevation runs to 463 metres. Small at around 9 hectares: two anglers spread out cover most of it. Leblanc is the closest town at 10 km. For a city, Saguenay is 251 km off. Water in the same corner: Lac Banane some 2.9 km off, Lac Bottine within 3.9 km, Lac Hector some 5.9 km off, Lac Delage within 7 km and Lac du Gros Ours some 7.8 km off. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac de la Roulotte

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Mauricie records list northern pike, brook trout, walleye, yellow perch and white sucker among the fish reported. Species recorded across the county may be limited to a few waters. Anyone new to Lac de la Roulotte should walk it once before setting up.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 16°C at the top of summer and -17°C at the bottom of winter. The year here is short and sharp: a long lid, then a burst of open water. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around early May. Break-up near early May, freeze-up near mid November: that is the shape of an average year. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. It holds true on Lac de la Roulotte more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  There is no clear statement anywhere on who can fish it. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. Should this one be busy, Lac Banane is 2.9 km off. Where Lac de la Roulotte is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.