Lac de l'Antenne, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  You will find Lac de l'Antenne in Mauricie, Quebec. Everything around it is northern bush. Around 42 hectares of surface means several distinct areas to work. The shoreline runs about 5.8 km, so it pays to pick a stretch and stay with it. It is among the larger waters listed here for Mauricie. For supplies, Leblanc is 39 km out. Weymontachie is 92 km away, with Chapais at 134 km. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Lac de l'Antenne

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Records held for Mauricie cover northern pike, brook trout and walleye. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. Fish Lac de l'Antenne where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 16°C at the top of summer and -18°C at the bottom of winter. This is a two-season water: locked, then wide open. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly early May. In an average year the thaw lands around early May and the freeze near mid November. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. Plan around that when you fish Lac de l'Antenne.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Check whether a boat is allowed before you tow one. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. For a change of water, Lac Fraser is 2.4 km distant. Treat Lac de l'Antenne as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.