Lac Heart Fishing in Mauricie, Quebec

• Overview

  Set in Mauricie, Quebec, this is Lac Heart. It lies 441 metres above sea level. Surface area is around 41 hectares, which gives you real water without needing a boat. Bank access stretches around 4.1 km in total. Few waters listed in Mauricie are bigger. Manawan at 59 km is the nearest place to stop. Trois-Rivières sits 124 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Lac Heart

  Our records hold no depth for this water. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Species logged across Mauricie include northern pike, brook trout, walleye, yellow perch and white sucker. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. The shape of Lac Heart rewards a slow walk along one bank.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 17°C at the top of summer and -16°C at the bottom of winter. Ice holds for a long stretch, so the open weeks matter more here than further south. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around early May. Break-up sits around early May on average, with the water closing again about mid November. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. That is the shape of the year on Lac Heart.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. There is no recorded infrastructure here; expect to find your own way in. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Should this one be busy, Lac Mercure is 0.8 km off. Nothing here settles the position at Lac Heart for certain.