Lac du Cabouron in Mauricie: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  This water sits in Mauricie, Quebec. Land around it is lake country bush. Roughly 16 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. Roughly 1.7 km of bank means you can walk to a fresh area when one goes quiet. Nearest town is La Tuque, 52 km off. The nearest city of size is Saguenay, 137 km away. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Cabouron

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Species logged across Mauricie include northern pike, brook trout, walleye, yellow perch and white sucker. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Lac du Cabouron repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July to average close to 17°C, with January the cold end at about -16°C. Winter shuts the surface down for months. After late April the shallows warm and the fish move up. Ice clears near late April and comes back about mid November in a typical year. Fishing peaks soon after break-up and again before the cold returns. At Lac du Cabouron the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. For a change of water, Lac du Canal is 1 km distant. The position on Lac du Cabouron is worth confirming on the day.