Lac du Pin Gris Fishing near Weymontachie, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac du Pin Gris is a Mauricie water, in Quebec. The surface lies 491 metres up. It covers about 5 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Some 15 km away sits Weymontachie, the nearest settlement. Leblanc is 63 km away, with La Tuque at 87 km. Near neighbours: Lac Carrier (1.4 km), Lac Pit 1.5 km away, Lac a la Truite (1.6 km), Lac de Travers 2 km away and Lac Tremblay (2.4 km). Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Pin Gris

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Reported across Mauricie: northern pike, brook trout, walleye and yellow perch. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. Lac du Pin Gris gives up its fish to patience rather than distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between -17°C in January and 16°C in July. Winter runs most of the calendar, and everything worth doing happens in the gap. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about early May. Open water usually runs from early May until about mid November. The first weeks of open water and the last are the ones to plan for. Expect Lac du Pin Gris to follow that timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. Public mapping records no formal access here, so plan for a walk and soft ground. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. Failing this one, try Lac Carrier, 1.4 km away. Nothing on Lac du Pin Gris should be assumed from this page alone.