Fishing at Lac Derwood, Mauricie, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Derwood belongs to Mauricie, Quebec. The setting is spruce and muskeg. This is a pocket water of some 4 hectares, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. Most waters listed here for Mauricie are larger. The nearest place of any size is Leblanc, 62 km away. Then Manawan, 70 km, and Weymontachie, 75 km. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Lac Derwood

  Nothing we hold settles how deep this runs. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Survey and observation records for Mauricie include northern pike, brook trout, walleye and yellow perch. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. Fish Lac Derwood where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 16°C in July and bottoms out near -17°C in January. The ice season is long here and the open one short. Ice-out usually falls in early May, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Break-up near early May, freeze-up near mid November: that is the shape of an average year. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. On Lac Derwood that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. If the gate is shut, Lac Cliff at 1.7 km is the nearest alternative. Treat access at Lac Derwood as something to verify.