Lac du Filet Fishing Guide, Mauricie, Quebec

• Overview

  Set in Mauricie, Lac du Filet is a Quebec water. The country round it is boreal forest from end to end. The water covers some 45 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. Shoreline length is close to 5.4 km, and each section fishes a little differently. Size puts it in the front rank of our Mauricie list. The town to know is Weymontachie, 62 km out. Then Saint-Félicien, 69 km, and Saint-Prime, 73 km. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Filet

  Nothing we hold settles how deep this runs. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Public occurrence data for Mauricie names northern pike, brook trout and walleye. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. Lac du Filet responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 16°C and January about -18°C. Winter runs most of the calendar, and everything worth doing happens in the gap. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from early May. On average, early May opens the water and mid November closes it again. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. The season on Lac du Filet rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. Lac de la Rigole sits 1.1 km off and takes the overflow. The position on Lac du Filet is worth confirming on the day.