Lac des Trois Camps, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Lac des Trois Camps is one of the Mauricie waters in Quebec. The surface lies 223 metres up. At about 15 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. Roughly 2.6 km of bank means you can walk to a fresh area when one goes quiet. It is low-lying compared with other Quebec water we list. The closest town, Laurentides, is 17 km distant. For a city, Trois-Rivières is 73 km off. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Lac des Trois Camps

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Reported across Mauricie: northern pike, brook trout and walleye. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Fish Lac des Trois Camps where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 18°C at the top of summer and -15°C at the bottom of winter. The season turns properly here, and fish follow it closely. Once it clears, about late April, the fishing comes on quickly. Average temperatures cross freezing around late April in spring and again near late November in autumn. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. On Lac des Trois Camps the same rules apply, with local timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  There is no clear statement anywhere on who can fish it. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Nothing formal is recorded here: no ramp, no car park, no marked path. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Local rules can differ across the county line, so check where you stand. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Should this one be busy, Lac aux Baies is 1.4 km off. Confirm before you fish Lac des Trois Camps.