Fishing Lac du Cajeux in Mauricie, Quebec

• Overview

  Within Mauricie, Quebec, you have Lac du Cajeux. Beyond the shoreline you have taiga. At 1.56 sq km this is proper open water rather than a pond. Some 12 km of bank gives room to move when the wind turns. On our Mauricie list it sits near the top for size. You are 44 km from Leblanc. Saguenay sits 221 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Cajeux

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. 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. Public occurrence data for Mauricie names northern pike, brook trout and walleye. The list covers the county rather than this water alone, so treat it as a guide. On Lac du Cajeux the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 16°C on average, January about -18°C. This is a two-season water: locked, then wide open. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly early May. Going by climate averages, expect open water from about early May until roughly mid November. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. Lac du Cajeux fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Nothing is mapped in the way of a ramp or car park within a short radius. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Lac Ara, 2.6 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Check the current arrangement for Lac du Cajeux.