Lac du Castor, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Lac du Castor lies in Mauricie, in Quebec. The water sits 301 metres up. It runs to roughly 83 hectares — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. The margin runs to about 5.0 km in total. Few waters listed in Mauricie are bigger. For a base, La Tuque sits 37 km out. Laurentides is 76 km away, with Weymontachie at 83 km. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Castor

  No figure exists for depth, so let the water show you. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Records held for Mauricie cover northern pike, brook trout, walleye and yellow perch. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. On Lac du Castor the quiet end is the one worth the extra effort.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 17°C on average, January about -16°C. A solid cap is the normal state through winter. Break-up comes around late April, and the run that follows is short and strong. The lid tends to go about late April and return around mid November. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. Anyone fishing Lac du Castor regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Lac du Renard at 2 km is the sensible second choice. Check the current arrangement for Lac du Castor.