Lac du Faiseur de Pluie in Mauricie: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  The Mauricie end of Quebec holds Lac du Faiseur de Pluie. The surroundings are spruce and muskeg. Surface area runs to about 5 hectares — small enough to read in one session. La Tuque is the closest town at 50 km. Laurentides is 54 km and Saint-Raymond 84 km. Close by you also have: Lac Adelard-Harvey some 0.8 km off, Lac la Foi (2.1 km), Lac des Trois Caribous some 2.3 km off, Lac de Travers (2.7 km) and Lac l'Esperance some 2.7 km off. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Faiseur de Pluie

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Records held for Mauricie cover northern pike, brook trout and walleye. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. On Lac du Faiseur de Pluie the first feature you find is usually worth a session.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The year swings from about -16°C in January to roughly 17°C in July. Open water arrives late and leaves early, which concentrates the fishing. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly early May. On average, early May opens the water and mid November closes it again. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. At Lac du Faiseur de Pluie the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. Mapping shows no built access close by; expect to walk in from wherever you can leave the car. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Local rules can differ across the county line, so check where you stand. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Lac Adelard-Harvey, 0.8 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Where Lac du Faiseur de Pluie is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.