Lac du Plongeon Fishing near Laurentides, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac du Plongeon lies in Mauricie, Quebec. Elevation runs to 287 metres. Small at around 2 hectares: two anglers spread out cover most of it. It is a small entry by Mauricie standards. Laurentides lies 22 km from the water. For a city, Trois-Rivières is 78 km off. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Plongeon

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Fish documented in Mauricie include northern pike, brook trout, walleye, yellow perch and white sucker. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. Treat Lac du Plongeon as a water to read rather than to cover.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Typical July readings run about 18°C; by January the average is down near -15°C. Fishing here follows the temperature more than the calendar. After late April the shallows warm and the fish move up. Break-up near late April, freeze-up near late November: that is the shape of an average year. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. Anyone fishing Lac du Plongeon regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. 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 a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. For a change of water, Lac a la Cache is 0.9 km distant. For Lac du Plongeon in particular, ask before you travel.