Fishing at Lac de Travers, Mauricie, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac de Travers is a Mauricie water, Quebec side. The setting is spruce and muskeg on every side. At about 46 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. At about 5.7 km of edge, most people work one arm at a time. It is among the larger waters listed here for Mauricie. For a base, Weymontachie sits 17 km out. Leblanc is 65 km and La Tuque 86 km. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Lac de Travers

  Our records hold no depth for this water. 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 and walleye among the fish reported. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. Lac de Travers gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 16°C and January at -17°C. The window is narrow, and fish feed hard while it lasts. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly early May. Open water usually runs from early May until about mid November. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. The season on Lac de Travers follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Public mapping records no formal access here, so plan for a walk and soft ground. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. Lac Perdrix sits 0.6 km off and takes the overflow. The position on Lac de Travers is worth confirming on the day.