Lac Fradette Fishing Guide, Mauricie, Quebec

• Overview

  This water sits in Mauricie, Quebec. Everything around it is boreal forest. Around 37 hectares of surface means several distinct areas to work. There is roughly 4.2 km of shoreline here, which is a short walk end to end. Size puts it in the front rank of our Mauricie list. Nearest town is Weymontachie, 39 km off. The nearest city of size is Saguenay, 174 km away. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Lac Fradette

  Depth is unknown to us, and the shoreline is the better guide. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Survey and observation records for Mauricie include northern pike, brook trout, walleye, yellow perch and white sucker. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. Lac Fradette fishes better once you know its edges.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between -17°C in January and 16°C in July. The season is measured in weeks rather than months. The lid usually goes in early May, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Break-up near early May, freeze-up near mid November: that is the shape of an average year. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. Expect Lac Fradette to follow that timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. 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. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Ask in the nearest town if you are unsure. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Should this one be busy, Lac Caline is 0.7 km off. Nothing on Lac Fradette should be assumed from this page alone.