Fishing Lac du Rhume in Mauricie, Quebec

• Overview

  Quebec holds Lac du Rhume, in Mauricie. Country round the bank runs to boreal forest. Small even by pond standards, it rewards one careful line. On size it sits at the modest end of our Mauricie list. 50 km away sits Métabetchouan, the nearest town. The nearest city of size is Saguenay, 109 km away. Close by you have: Lac Dentele just 0.9 km, Lac Equarri at 1.5 km, Lac Biard just 1.6 km, Lac a la Perche at 1.9 km and Lac Pansu just 2.3 km. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Rhume

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Records held for Mauricie cover northern pike, brook trout, walleye, yellow perch and white sucker. County data is a starting point rather than a guarantee. Fish Lac du Rhume where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from -17°C in January up to 17°C in July. Cold dominates the calendar on water this far north. Ice-out usually falls in early May, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Expect the water usable from around early May until roughly mid November. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. The season on Lac du Rhume follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. There is no mapped parking or launch close by, which usually means walking in. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Lac Dentele, 0.9 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Signs at Lac du Rhume carry more weight than any list.