Lac du Faucon Fishing in Mauricie, Quebec

• Overview

  Set in Mauricie, Quebec, this is Lac du Faucon. The surroundings are lake country bush. About 4 hectares of surface, which puts the far bank inside easy sight. It is a small entry by Mauricie standards. La Tuque sits 56 km from here and is the nearest stop. It is 94 km to Trois-Rivières, the nearest city. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Faucon

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. 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. Across Mauricie, recorded fish include northern pike, brook trout and walleye. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Fish Lac du Faucon where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July near 17°C and January near -16°C on the long-run figures. A full turn of seasons, with the strongest sport on either side of summer. The lid usually goes in early May, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. The season between ice runs from about early May to mid November. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. It sets the rhythm of the year at Lac du Faucon.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. Formal access is not mapped, so the last stretch is likely on foot. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Look for a notice board at the entrance. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. The nearest alternative is Lac du Caribou, 1 km out. Nothing on Lac du Faucon should be assumed from this page alone.