Lac du Feu Fishing near Manawan, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac du Feu stands in Mauricie, Quebec. The water sits 368 metres up. The water measures roughly 6 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. Head to Manawan, 66 km away, for anything you forgot. Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne sits 231 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Feu

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Reported across Mauricie: northern pike, brook trout, walleye, yellow perch and white sucker. The county list is broader than any single water. The shape of Lac du Feu decides where the fish sit.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about -16°C and July at about 17°C, the water has a wide range to work through. Everything is compressed into the middle of the year. Once it clears, about early May, the fishing comes on quickly. The water is typically free of ice between early May and mid November. Spring is short and heavy here; autumn is longer and steadier. The season on Lac du Feu rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether the bank is open is not something our records settle. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Check whether a boat is allowed before you tow one. Check whether bait restrictions apply before you buy any. Lac du Pylone sits 1.8 km off and takes the overflow. For Lac du Feu, the notice at the access point is the final word.