Lac de la Trail Fishing near Leblanc, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac de la Trail falls in Mauricie, part of Quebec. The surface lies 435 metres up. The water measures roughly 9 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. The closest town, Leblanc, is 28 km distant. Trois-Rivières is the closest city, 245 km away. Others worth noting: Lac du Gros Poisson 1 km off, Lac du Brochet about 1.9 km, Lac Porc-Epic 2.2 km off, Lac de l'Ours Blanc about 2.4 km and Lac des Trois Jacques 2.7 km off. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lac de la Trail

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Mauricie records list northern pike, brook trout, walleye, yellow perch and white sucker among the fish reported. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Lac de la Trail responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is -17°C to 16°C. The fishing year opens late and shuts early. Break-up comes around early May, and the run that follows is short and strong. Expect the water usable from around early May until roughly mid November. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. It holds true on Lac de la Trail more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. No made access appears within a short radius, so plan to park on a verge and walk. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Lac du Gros Poisson, 1 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Where Lac de la Trail is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.