Lac du Choubourrache, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Lac du Choubourrache is a Lanaudière water, in Quebec. What surrounds it is northern bush. At 2 hectares it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. Most waters listed here for Lanaudière are larger. 36 km away sits Manawan, the nearest town. Then Saint-Michel-des-Saints, 57 km, and Weymontachie, 80 km. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Choubourrache

  Our records carry no depth, so judge it from the bank. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Fish documented in Lanaudière include pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, rock bass and brook trout. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. Work Lac du Choubourrache in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 17°C in July and bottom out at -16°C in January. The window is narrow, and fish feed hard while it lasts. The lid usually sets by midwinter and gives way around early May. The lid tends to go about early May and return around mid November. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. On Lac du Choubourrache that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Lac Kawaskorek Acicki, 0.5 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Check the position on Lac du Choubourrache before loading the car.