Fishing Lac Enard in Mauricie, Quebec

• Overview

  The Mauricie entry here is Lac Enard, in Quebec. Height above sea level is 371 metres. It measures about 21 hectares, which is a comfortable size for bank fishing. There is roughly 2.6 km of shoreline here, which is a short walk end to end. Sainte-Thècle is the closest place, 35 km off. Trois-Rivières sits 79 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 Enard

  Our records hold no depth for this water. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Open biodiversity records for Mauricie list northern pike, brook trout, walleye and yellow perch. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Work Lac Enard in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 18°C and January near -15°C. Winter shuts the surface down for months. After late April the shallows warm and the fish move up. In an average year the thaw lands around late April and the freeze near late November. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. Lac Enard runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. The map shows no ramp or car park nearby, so this is a walk-in water. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Check whether a boat is allowed before you tow one. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Lac Felix sits 0.8 km off and takes the overflow. Confirm before you fish Lac Enard.