Lac Ecarte Fishing near Weymontachie, Quebec

• Overview

  This water sits in Mauricie, Quebec. The water sits 444 metres up. Weymontachie lies 33 km from the water. Trois-Rivières is the closest city, 220 km away. In the same area: Lac Panneton lies 1 km on, Lac Albert roughly 1.6 km, Lac Sam lies 3 km on, Lac Gregoire roughly 3.8 km and Lac Cowin lies 4 km on. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac Ecarte

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Species logged across Mauricie 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. Read Lac Ecarte before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 16°C and January near -17°C. Open water is the exception rather than the rule here. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about early May. Break-up near early May, freeze-up near mid November: that is the shape of an average year. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. That shapes the year on Lac Ecarte.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. No made access is recorded, so a short walk in is the likely arrangement. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Season dates differ by species, so read the table. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. The nearest alternative is Lac Panneton, 1 km out. Ask locally about Lac Ecarte if anything is unclear.