Fishing at Lac du Coin, Mauricie, Quebec

• Overview

  The Mauricie end of Quebec holds Lac du Coin. This is spruce and muskeg country. With some 13 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. With about 3.7 km of edge, you can try several depths in one session. Head to Leblanc, 71 km away, for anything you forgot. After that come Weymontachie at 112 km and Manawan at 114 km. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Coin

  Depth is unmeasured here, so let the shoreline guide you. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. County-wide records name northern pike, brook trout, walleye and yellow perch. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. Fish Lac du Coin where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from -17°C in January up to 16°C in July. The season is measured in weeks rather than months. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near early May. The open-water window runs from around early May to about mid November in an average year. Fishing peaks soon after break-up and again before the cold returns. Lac du Coin fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. There is no recorded infrastructure here; expect to find your own way in. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Lac Marc, 2.1 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Treat access at Lac du Coin as something to verify.