Fishing Lac Fisher in Mauricie, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Fisher sits in Mauricie, out in Quebec. Country round the bank runs to northern bush. It runs to roughly 34 hectares — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. The bank runs about 2.4 km all the way round, so one visit can cover most of it. The town to know is Manawan, 46 km out. Trois-Rivières is the closest city, 192 km away. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Lac Fisher

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Mauricie records list northern pike, brook trout, walleye, yellow perch and white sucker among the fish reported. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. Lac Fisher repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 16°C in July and bottoms out near -16°C in January. The freeze holds for the better part of the year. After early May the shallows warm and the fish move up. Expect the water usable from around early May until roughly mid November. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. Plan any trip to Lac Fisher around it.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Should this one be busy, Lac Goujon is 1.6 km off. Check the position at Lac Fisher before loading the car.