Lac du Camp Fishing near Mandeville, Quebec

• Overview

  Quebec holds Lac du Camp, in Mauricie. Rolling bush runs right down to the water. About 10 hectares of surface, which puts the far bank inside easy sight. Some 24 km away sits Mandeville, the nearest settlement. Saint-Gabriel lies 30 km off, Saint-Élie-de-Caxton another 37 km. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Camp

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Survey and observation records for Mauricie include northern pike, brook trout and walleye. The list covers the county rather than this water alone, so treat it as a guide. The near bank of Lac du Camp is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about -15°C and July at about 18°C, the water has a wide range to work through. The year splits cleanly: hard water, then open water. The lid usually goes in late April, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. The lid tends to go about late April and return around late November. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. Anyone fishing Lac du Camp regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. Nothing is mapped in the way of a ramp or car park within a short radius. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. If the gate is shut, Lac Cutaway at 1.4 km is the nearest alternative. Nothing on Lac du Camp should be assumed from this page alone.