Fishing Lac du Canoe in Mauricie, Quebec

• Overview

  The Mauricie entry here is Lac du Canoe, in Quebec. Elevation runs to 422 metres. Head to Saint-Élie-de-Caxton, 53 km away, for anything you forgot. Trois-Rivières sits 83 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. Within a short drive: Lac Trou 0.5 km off, Lac Collin at about 1.2 km, Lac Lessard 1.3 km off, Lac de la Buse at about 1.5 km and Lac de l'Epinette 1.6 km off. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Canoe

  Depth is unknown to us, and the shoreline is the better guide. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Survey and observation records for Mauricie include northern pike, brook trout, walleye and yellow perch. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Take Lac du Canoe a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 18°C and January near -15°C. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. The open season starts with the thaw, near enough late April. The lid tends to go about late April and return around late November. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. Lac du Canoe runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. No car park, ramp or path is recorded within easy reach of the shore. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Bank access can be seasonal on ground like this. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. Lac Trou at 0.5 km is the sensible second choice. Nothing on Lac du Canoe should be assumed from this page alone.