Lac Jack Fishing in Mauricie, Quebec

• Overview

  In Quebec, Lac Jack falls inside Mauricie. Around the bank it is boreal forest. Surface area is around 19 hectares, which gives you real water without needing a boat. With about 2.1 km of edge, you can try several depths in one session. The nearest place of any size is Weymontachie, 29 km away. Trois-Rivières sits 171 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lac Jack

  Depth is unmeasured here, so let the shoreline guide you. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Across Mauricie, recorded fish include northern pike, brook trout, walleye and yellow perch. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. Fish Lac Jack where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 17°C and January about -16°C. Open water is the exception rather than the rule here. The lid usually sets by midwinter and gives way around early May. Averages place the thaw at early May and the freeze at mid November. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. Lac Jack fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Bank access can be seasonal on ground like this. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. The nearest alternative is Lac au Cafe, 1.8 km out. Nothing on Lac Jack should be assumed from this page alone.