Lac du Caribou Fishing in Mauricie, Quebec

• Overview

  Set in Mauricie, Lac du Caribou is a Quebec water. It stands 345 metres above sea level. Small at around 2 hectares: two anglers spread out cover most of it. On size it sits at the modest end of our Mauricie list. Nearest place of any size is Sainte-Thècle, 8.6 km away. Trois-Rivières is the closest city, 53 km away. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Caribou

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. 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. The list covers the county rather than this water alone, so treat it as a guide. Work Lac du Caribou in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 18°C and January near -14°C. A full turn of seasons, with the strongest sport on either side of summer. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about late April. Expect the water usable from around late April until roughly late November. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. Plan around that when you fish Lac du Caribou.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. Nothing is mapped in the way of a ramp or car park within a short radius. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Lac Marie sits 1.2 km off and takes the overflow. None of that is settled for Lac du Caribou in what we hold.