Lac Emile Fishing near La Tuque, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Emile lies in Mauricie, in Quebec. The surroundings are mixed forest. Start from La Tuque, 30 km down the road. Trois-Rivières sits 151 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. Others close at hand: Lac Brunet sits 1 km out, Lac Beit a touch under 1.2 km, Lac la Vase sits 1.8 km out, Lac du Rocher a touch under 2.2 km and Lac Cache sits 2.6 km out. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac Emile

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Across Mauricie, recorded fish include northern pike, brook trout, walleye, yellow perch and white sucker. The county list is broader than any single water. Treat Lac Emile as a water to read rather than to cover.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 17°C and January about -16°C. Winter closes the water for a while, and the reopening is worth catching. After late April the shallows warm and the fish move up. On the long-run averages the water opens up around late April and starts locking again about mid November. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. It holds true on Lac Emile more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. There is no recorded infrastructure here; expect to find your own way in. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Lac Brunet at 1 km is the sensible second choice. For Lac Emile in particular, ask before you travel.