Fishing at Lac du Detour, Mauricie, Quebec

• Overview

  You will find Lac du Detour in Mauricie, Quebec. The bank is 422 metres above sea level. Some 48 km away sits Métabetchouan, the nearest settlement. The nearest city of size is Saguenay, 101 km away. Water in the same corner: Lac Louis some 0.5 km off, 0.9 km away is Lac Gertrude, Lac du Berger some 1.9 km off, 2.3 km away is Lac Francis and Lac Clair some 2.8 km off. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Detour

  Nothing we hold settles how deep this runs. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Records held for Mauricie cover northern pike, brook trout, walleye and yellow perch. The county list is broader than any single water. Work Lac du Detour in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 16°C in July and bottoms out near -16°C in January. This far north the hard season runs and runs. Count the season from break-up, usually early May. Open water usually runs from early May until about mid November. From the thaw to midsummer the fishing improves week by week. It sets the rhythm of the year at Lac du Detour.

• Tackle & Baits

  Ownership and access are not documented in what we hold. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Lac Louis, 0.5 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Confirm access to Lac du Detour locally before you travel.