Lac du Cormoran in Mauricie: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Quebec holds Lac du Cormoran, in Mauricie. The water sits 388 metres up. About 3 hectares of surface, which puts the far bank inside easy sight. Most waters listed here for Mauricie are larger. Supplies mean a trip to La Tuque, 23 km off. Laurentides lies 30 km off, Sainte-Thècle another 60 km. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Cormoran

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Reported across Mauricie: northern pike, brook trout, walleye and yellow perch. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. On Lac du Cormoran a short move beats a long cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about -16°C and July at about 17°C, the water has a wide range to work through. Winter closes the water for a while, and the reopening is worth catching. Once it clears, about late April, the fishing comes on quickly. Break-up sits around late April on average, with the water closing again about mid November. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. Plan any trip to Lac du Cormoran around it.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Local rules can differ across the county line, so check where you stand. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. Lac du Butor, 0.6 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Treat access at Lac du Cormoran as something to verify.