Fishing at Lac du Pylone, Mauricie, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac du Pylone belongs to Mauricie, Quebec. The water sits 385 metres up. With some 10 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. The whole outline is near 1.4 km, and most of it is walkable. Manawan is the closest town at 66 km. Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne sits 230 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Pylone

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Across Mauricie, recorded fish include northern pike, brook trout, walleye, yellow perch and white sucker. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. Anyone new to Lac du Pylone should walk it once before setting up.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 17°C on average, January about -16°C. Cold dominates the calendar on water this far north. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near early May. Climate averages put the opening at about early May and the closing near mid November. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. It holds true on Lac du Pylone more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Public data shows nothing built here, so treat the whole approach as informal. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. If the gate is shut, Lac Lajoue at 1.7 km is the nearest alternative. Treat access at Lac du Pylone as something to verify.