Fishing Lac de l'Avion in Mauricie, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac de l'Avion falls in Mauricie, part of Quebec. The setting is taiga on every side. Surface area is around 10 hectares, which gives you real water without needing a boat. Shoreline comes to about 2.1 km, small enough to learn in a day. Some 75 km away sits Manawan, the nearest settlement. Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne is the closest city, 236 km away. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Lac de l'Avion

  No figure exists for depth, so let the water show you. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Mauricie records list northern pike, brook trout, walleye, yellow perch and white sucker among the fish reported. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Read Lac de l'Avion for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July near 17°C and January near -17°C on the long-run figures. Long winters and short summers set the pattern. Hard water holds through the cold months, breaking up near early May. Climate figures give an open season running early May to mid November. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. The season on Lac de l'Avion follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. No car park, ramp or path is recorded within easy reach of the shore. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Trou a Gilles at 1.3 km is the sensible second choice. None of that is settled for Lac de l'Avion in what we hold.