Lac Kennedy Fishing Guide, Mauricie, Quebec

• Overview

  Mauricie, Quebec, is where Lac Kennedy sits. Beyond the shoreline you have lake country bush. About 2.08 sq km, so local knowledge or a boat saves a lot of walking. With 18 km or so of shoreline, boat anglers cover ground the bank cannot. Few waters listed in Mauricie are bigger. For a base, La Tuque sits 33 km out. Weymontachie is 74 km away, with Laurentides at 77 km. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lac Kennedy

  The records we hold are silent on depth, so plan to find it yourself. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Public occurrence data for Mauricie names northern pike, brook trout, walleye, yellow perch and white sucker. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. The shape of Lac Kennedy decides where the fish sit.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Typical July readings run about 17°C; by January the average is down near -16°C. Hard water is a season in its own right here. The lid usually goes in late April, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. The lid tends to go about late April and return around mid November. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. Lac Kennedy fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Zec de la Croche takes in this water; protected-area rules will apply. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Take the rules with you rather than trusting memory. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Failing this one, try Lac Palmer, 1.6 km away. For Lac Kennedy, the notice at the access point is the final word.