Lac du Porc, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Lac du Porc belongs to Mauricie, Quebec. It sits in spruce and muskeg. This is a pocket water of some 3 hectares, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. On size it sits at the modest end of our Mauricie list. Some 61 km away sits Leblanc, the nearest settlement. Weymontachie is 101 km and Normandin 113 km. In the same area: Lac Epizootie 1.1 km off, Lac de la Pie sits 1.2 km out, Lac Rim 1.2 km off, Lac John sits 1.3 km out and Lac Demi 1.6 km off. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Porc

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Open biodiversity records for Mauricie list northern pike, brook trout, walleye and yellow perch. The list covers the county rather than this water alone, so treat it as a guide. Treat Lac du Porc as a water to read rather than to cover.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 16°C for July and -18°C for January. This far north the hard season runs and runs. Count the season from break-up, usually early May. Open water usually runs from early May until about mid November. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. On Lac du Porc the same rules apply, with local timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. Nothing in the way of made access shows up nearby: no ramp, no car park, no path. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Bank access can be seasonal on ground like this. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. For a change of water, Lac Epizootie is 1.1 km distant. What applies at Lac du Porc may have changed since it was mapped.