Lac des Roches Vertes, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  This water sits in Mauricie, Quebec. Northern bush runs right down to the water. With some 85 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. The margin runs to about 8.1 km in total. On our Mauricie list it sits near the top for size. Supplies mean a trip to Weymontachie, 62 km off. Saguenay is the closest city, 157 km away. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Lac des Roches Vertes

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Public occurrence data for Mauricie names northern pike, brook trout, walleye, yellow perch and white sucker. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. At Lac des Roches Vertes the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 16°C for July and -18°C for January. Cold dominates the year and the fishing works around it. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly early May. Average temperatures cross freezing around early May in spring and again near mid November in autumn. Fishing peaks soon after break-up and again before the cold returns. Time your trip to Lac des Roches Vertes by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Ownership and access are not documented in what we hold. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. There is no recorded infrastructure here; expect to find your own way in. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Lac des Pattes at 1.2 km is the sensible second choice. Nothing here settles the position at Lac des Roches Vertes for certain.