Lac Edouard Fishing near La Tuque, Quebec

• Overview

  You will find Lac Edouard in Mauricie, Quebec. The ground round it is mixed forest. For a base, La Tuque sits 50 km out. For a city, Trois-Rivières is 113 km off. Close by you also have: Petit lac Guy within 0.6 km, 0.8 km out stands Lac Sidecamp, Lac Kekek within 1.2 km, 1.3 km out stands Lac Cacouna and Lac Harrow within 1.4 km. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Lac Edouard

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Mauricie records list northern pike, brook trout, walleye, yellow perch and white sucker among the fish reported. Species recorded across the county may be limited to a few waters. On Lac Edouard the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July to average close to 17°C, with January the cold end at about -16°C. Fishing here follows the temperature more than the calendar. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around late April. From about late April to around mid November, expect open water on the long-run figures. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. Anyone fishing Lac Edouard regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Ask in the nearest town if you are unsure. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Petit lac Guy, 0.6 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Check the current arrangement for Lac Edouard.