Lac du Matelot Fishing Guide, Lanaudière, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac du Matelot is set in Lanaudière, Quebec. Spruce and muskeg runs right down to the water. At 2 hectares it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Lanaudière. Manawan is the closest town at 21 km. For a city, Trois-Rivières is 153 km off. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Matelot

  Open data we checked carries no depth for this water. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Records held for Lanaudière cover pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch and rock bass. County records show what lives in the area; the local agency holds the water-by-water list. Lac du Matelot responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 17°C at the top of summer and -16°C at the bottom of winter. Little of the calendar is open water, so timing counts for everything. The lid usually goes in early May, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Ice usually gives way near early May, and forms again about mid November. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. On Lac du Matelot the same rules apply, with local timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing we hold confirms whether access is permitted. No made access is recorded, so a short walk in is the likely arrangement. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Should this one be busy, Lac Charles is 0.5 km off. Nothing here settles the position at Lac du Matelot for certain.