Fishing at Lac d'en Bas, Mauricie, Quebec

• Overview

  Set in Mauricie, Quebec, this is Lac d'en Bas. The ground round it is pine and birch. Around 29 hectares of surface means several distinct areas to work. It lies lower than most water we list in Quebec. The nearest place of any size is Mandeville, 16 km away. Trois-Rivières sits 54 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. A border sits close enough to be relevant to the paperwork.

• Where to Fish on Lac d'en Bas

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. County-wide records name northern pike, brook trout, walleye, yellow perch and white sucker. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. The near bank of Lac d'en Bas is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 18°C for July and -14°C for January. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. Winter locks it down, and late April brings it back. Open water usually runs from late April until about late November. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. At Lac d'en Bas the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. For a change of water, Lac du Milieu is 0.5 km distant. Ask locally about Lac d'en Bas if anything is unclear.