Lac des Frenes Fishing in Mauricie, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac des Frenes is a Mauricie water, in Quebec. The bank is 490 metres above sea level. Nearest town is Manawan, 42 km off. The nearest city of size is Trois-Rivières, 207 km away. Neighbouring water: Lac Brandis sits 1 km out, Lac Cambin 1.2 km off, Lac Ironwood sits 1.8 km out, Lac Picoulos 2.3 km off and Petit lac Blanc sits 2.8 km out. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Lac des Frenes

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Fish documented in Mauricie include northern pike, brook trout, walleye, yellow perch and white sucker. The county list is broader than any single water. Take Lac des Frenes a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Typical July readings run about 16°C; by January the average is down near -16°C. Little of the calendar is open water, so timing counts for everything. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around early May. Averages place the thaw at early May and the freeze at mid November. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. It sets the rhythm of the year at Lac des Frenes.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. If the gate is shut, Lac Brandis at 1 km is the nearest alternative. Check the current arrangement for Lac des Frenes.