Lac Harrow, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  You will find Lac Harrow in Mauricie, Quebec. The water sits 381 metres up. Roughly 20 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. With about 2.9 km of edge, you can try several depths in one session. Head to La Tuque, 52 km away, for anything you forgot. It is 113 km to Trois-Rivières, the nearest city. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac Harrow

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Across Mauricie, recorded fish include northern pike, brook trout, walleye and yellow perch. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. Lac Harrow gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 17°C; the cold one sits at -16°C. A solid cap is the normal state through winter. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around late April. Break-up near late April, freeze-up near mid November: that is the shape of an average year. Late spring and early autumn carry the year between them. It sets the rhythm of the year at Lac Harrow.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Nothing is mapped in the way of a ramp or car park within a short radius. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Check whether a boat is allowed before you tow one. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Should this one be busy, Lac Kekek is 0.7 km off. What applies at Lac Harrow may have changed since it was mapped.