Lac du Cable, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Look for Lac du Cable in the Mauricie part of Quebec. The bank is 416 metres above sea level. The water covers some 10 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. About 1.7 km of bank, so nothing stays unexplored for long. Start from Métabetchouan, 46 km down the road. Desbiens is 53 km and Chambord 53 km. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Cable

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Survey and observation records for Mauricie include northern pike, brook trout, walleye and yellow perch. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Anyone new to Lac du Cable should walk it once before setting up.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 17°C on average, January about -16°C. Long winters and short summers set the pattern. Ice-out usually falls in early May, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Break-up sits around early May on average, with the water closing again about mid November. The first weeks of open water and the last are the ones to plan for. The season on Lac du Cable follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Mapping is blank for access, so scout the approach before committing the car. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. For a change of water, Lac du Cornet is 2.3 km distant. For Lac du Cable in particular, ask before you travel.