Fishing Lac Desert in Mauricie, Quebec

• Overview

  Set in Mauricie, Quebec, this is Lac Desert. Country round the bank runs to boreal forest. Head to Weymontachie, 49 km away, for anything you forgot. The big place round here is Trois-Rivières, 154 km distant. Others worth noting: 0.9 km out stands Lac Rabbi, Lac Nabob sits 1.7 km out, 2 km out stands Lac de la Luzerne, Lac George sits 2.1 km out and 2.3 km out stands Lac Shaw. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lac Desert

  We hold no depth figure for this one. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Survey and observation records for Mauricie include northern pike, brook trout, walleye, yellow perch and white sucker. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. At Lac Desert the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about -16°C and July at about 17°C, the water has a wide range to work through. A short, intense season is the rule this far north. Once it clears, about early May, the fishing comes on quickly. Averages suggest open water from about early May through to roughly mid November. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. That shapes the year on Lac Desert.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Should this one be busy, Lac Rabbi is 0.9 km off. None of that is settled for Lac Desert in what we hold.