Lac de la Tempete, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  You will find Lac de la Tempete in Mauricie, Quebec. The water sits 410 metres up. Surface area is around 13 hectares, which gives you real water without needing a boat. About 1.9 km of bank, so nothing stays unexplored for long. Head to Saint-Tite, 54 km away, for anything you forgot. The big place round here is Trois-Rivières, 86 km distant. No boundary runs near, so the local rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lac de la Tempete

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. County-wide records name northern pike, brook trout and walleye. County data is a starting point rather than a guarantee. Lac de la Tempete fishes better once you know its edges.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Typical July readings run about 18°C; by January the average is down near -15°C. Fishing here follows the temperature more than the calendar. Firm cover through the cold months, then open water from late April. Break-up sits around late April on average, with the water closing again about late November. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. It sets the rhythm of the year at Lac de la Tempete.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Nothing formal is recorded here: no ramp, no car park, no marked path. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Should this one be busy, Lac du Rat is 1.1 km off. Nothing here settles the position at Lac de la Tempete for certain.