Lac du Feu, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  You will find Lac du Feu in Mauricie, Quebec. Elevation runs to 521 metres. The water covers some 98 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. The shoreline runs about 15 km, so it pays to pick a stretch and stay with it. Size puts it in the front rank of our Mauricie list. The nearest place of any size is Weymontachie, 62 km away. Saint-Félicien lies 68 km off, Saint-Prime another 72 km. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Feu

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Fish documented in Mauricie include northern pike, brook trout and walleye. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. On Lac du Feu the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 16°C in July and bottom out at -18°C in January. Open water is the exception rather than the rule here. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about early May. Open water usually runs from early May until about mid November. June through September is the settled part of the year, with the shoulders busier for fish. On Lac du Feu the same rules apply, with local timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Take the rules with you rather than trusting memory. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Lac Camille, 1.1 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Treat Lac du Feu as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.