Lac du Cerf Fishing Guide, Mauricie, Quebec

• Overview

  Quebec holds Lac du Cerf, in Mauricie. The surface lies 462 metres up. It runs to roughly 23 hectares — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. Around 3.0 km of margin, front to back. You are 70 km from Leblanc. The nearest city of size is Saguenay, 237 km away. Round about: Lac Janze near enough 1.2 km, Lac Watter (1.4 km), Petit lac Janze near enough 1.5 km, Lac Crain (2 km) and Lac Bron near enough 2.3 km. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Cerf

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Records held for Mauricie cover northern pike, brook trout, walleye, yellow perch and white sucker. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. On Lac du Cerf the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 16°C and January near -18°C. This far north the hard season runs and runs. Hard water holds through the cold months, breaking up near early May. Averages suggest open water from about early May through to roughly mid November. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. Lac du Cerf fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Access is unmapped, which usually means a farm track and a walk. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Look for a notice board at the entrance. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. If the gate is shut, Lac Janze at 1.2 km is the nearest alternative. Treat Lac du Cerf as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.