Lac Etienne Fishing near Hérouxville, Quebec

• Overview

  Out in Mauricie, Quebec, sits Lac Etienne. The surface lies 277 metres up. Surface area is around 10 hectares, which gives you real water without needing a boat. Shoreline comes to about 1.5 km, small enough to learn in a day. 26 km away sits Hérouxville, the nearest town. For a city, Trois-Rivières is 55 km off. Round about: Lac Rey after 1.7 km, Lac Dion within 2.5 km, Lac Edouard after 2.8 km, Lac en Coeur within 3.1 km and Lac Giron after 3.4 km. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Lac Etienne

  Our records hold no depth for this water. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Fish documented in 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. Work Lac Etienne in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 18°C at the top of summer and -14°C at the bottom of winter. Hard water is a season in its own right here. Count the season from break-up, usually late April. Break-up sits around late April on average, with the water closing again about late November. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. The season on Lac Etienne follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. The car has to stay 750 m away, which shapes how much tackle you bring. You can camp 1.3 km off, which suits an early start. There are picnic tables 640 m away. Public toilets are recorded roughly 600 m off. Ask in the nearest town if you are unsure. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. Lac Rey sits 1.7 km off and takes the overflow. Nothing on Lac Etienne should be assumed from this page alone.