Lac des Canots Perdus in Mauricie: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Set in Mauricie, Lac des Canots Perdus is a Quebec water. Everything around it is boreal forest. Small at around 7 hectares: two anglers spread out cover most of it. Nearest town is Manawan, 46 km off. It is 204 km to Trois-Rivières, the nearest city. Others within reach: 1.6 km out stands Lac Chahoon, Lac Palette some 2.3 km off, 2.6 km out stands Lac de la Tente, Lac Fox some 2.9 km off and 2.9 km out stands Lac de la Couronne. No boundary runs near, so the local rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lac des Canots Perdus

  Our records hold no depth for this water. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Reported across Mauricie: northern pike, brook trout, walleye, yellow perch and white sucker. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. On Lac des Canots Perdus the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 16°C and January at -17°C. Little of the calendar is open water, so timing counts for everything. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near early May. In an average year the thaw lands around early May and the freeze near mid November. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. Anyone fishing Lac des Canots Perdus regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. Access is unmapped, which usually means a farm track and a walk. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Lac Chahoon sits 1.6 km off and takes the overflow. Treat Lac des Canots Perdus as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.