Lac du Caucus, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Lac du Caucus stands in Lanaudière, Quebec. Elevation runs to 468 metres. The water measures roughly 7 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. Labelle lies 28 km from the water. Further out sit Rivière-Rouge (28 km) and Saint-Donat-de-Montcalm (29 km). More in the same country: Lac Arga 1.2 km, Lac de la Savane roughly 1.7 km, Lac Draper 1.8 km, Lac Hugo roughly 1.9 km and Lac Pan 2.3 km. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Caucus

  Depth is unmeasured here, so let the shoreline guide you. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. County-wide records name pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, rock bass and brook trout. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. On Lac du Caucus the first feature you find is usually worth a session.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about -15°C and July at about 17°C, the water has a wide range to work through. Winter shuts the surface down for months. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from late April. Ice clears near late April and comes back about late November in a typical year. Fishing peaks soon after break-up and again before the cold returns. It sets the rhythm of the year at Lac du Caucus.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. For a change of water, Lac Arga is 1.2 km distant. Confirm before you fish Lac du Caucus.