Fishing Lac Jimmy in Mauricie, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Jimmy is a Mauricie water, in Quebec. Around the bank it is mixed forest. It runs to roughly 41 hectares — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. Shoreline length is close to 6.7 km, and each section fishes a little differently. It is among the larger waters listed here for Mauricie. Nearest place of any size is La Tuque, 42 km away. Sainte-Thècle follows at 67 km, then Saint-Tite at 69 km. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lac Jimmy

  We hold no depth figure for this one. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Fish documented in Mauricie include northern pike, brook trout, walleye and yellow perch. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. On Lac Jimmy that means starting tight and working out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 17°C and January at -16°C. The year runs cold to warm and back, with clear transitions. Expect a solid lid for months and a thaw around early May. Open water usually runs from early May until about mid November. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. Anyone fishing Lac Jimmy regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Should this one be busy, Lac Vachon is 0.9 km off. Signs at Lac Jimmy carry more weight than any list.