Lac des Fourches Fishing Guide, Mauricie, Quebec

• Overview

  You will find Lac des Fourches in Mauricie, Quebec. Country round the bank runs to lake country bush. Surface area is around 23 hectares, which gives you real water without needing a boat. The whole outline is near 2.9 km, and most of it is walkable. The nearest place of any size is La Tuque, 12 km away. Trois-Rivières sits 115 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Lac des Fourches

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Survey and observation records for Mauricie include northern pike, brook trout and walleye. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. Fish Lac des Fourches where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 18°C and January near -16°C. A full turn of seasons, with the strongest sport on either side of summer. After late April the shallows warm and the fish move up. Averages suggest open water from about late April through to roughly late November. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. On Lac des Fourches that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. No made access is recorded, so a short walk in is the likely arrangement. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. For a change of water, Petit lac Turcotte is 2.6 km distant. Rules at Lac des Fourches are worth checking on the day.