Lac du Fond in Mauricie: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Set in Mauricie, Quebec, this is Lac du Fond. The bank is 379 metres above sea level. At 4 hectares it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. On size it sits at the modest end of our Mauricie list. 34 km away sits La Tuque, the nearest town. Saguenay sits 137 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Fond

  Open data we checked carries no depth for this water. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Survey and observation records for Mauricie include northern pike, brook trout, walleye and yellow perch. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. Lac du Fond responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs -16°C to 17°C. A solid cap is the normal state through winter. Ice is part of the season here, ending near late April. Averages suggest open water from about late April through to roughly mid November. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. Time your trip to Lac du Fond by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  There is no clear statement anywhere on who can fish it. Nothing formal is recorded here: no ramp, no car park, no marked path. 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. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Should this one be busy, Lac Epatant is 0.7 km off. Where Lac du Fond is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.