Lac Edgar Fishing in Mauricie, Quebec

• Overview

  Within Mauricie, Quebec, you have Lac Edgar. The surface lies 426 metres up. At about 20 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. The whole outline is near 2.9 km, and most of it is walkable. Start from La Tuque, 59 km down the road. Saguenay sits 111 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lac Edgar

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. 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. Fish documented in Mauricie include northern pike, brook trout, walleye and yellow perch. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. Fish Lac Edgar where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from -16°C in January up to 17°C in July. Winter owns most of the year at this latitude. Hard water holds through the cold months, breaking up near early May. Open water usually runs from early May until about mid November. Spring is short and heavy here; autumn is longer and steadier. Expect Lac Edgar to follow that timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing we hold confirms whether access is permitted. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. There is a mapped slipway roughly 550 m away. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Lac du Merle at 0.6 km is the sensible second choice. Nothing here settles the position at Lac Edgar for certain.