Lac du Chat Fishing Guide, Mauricie, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac du Chat sits within Mauricie in Quebec. The surface lies 537 metres up. At about 13 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. Roughly 2.1 km of bank means you can walk to a fresh area when one goes quiet. It sits higher than most water we list in Quebec. 29 km away sits Leblanc, the nearest town. Saguenay sits 241 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Chat

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Public occurrence data for Mauricie names northern pike, brook trout, walleye and yellow perch. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. Read Lac du Chat before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 16°C and January near -18°C. Open water arrives late and leaves early, which concentrates the fishing. Ice is part of the season here, ending near early May. Ice clears near early May and comes back about mid November in a typical year. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. It sets the rhythm of the year at Lac du Chat.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Provincial rules still apply whatever the bank status. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. Lac au Foin sits 3.4 km off and takes the overflow. Rules at Lac du Chat are worth checking on the day.