Fishing Lac Lee in Mauricie, Quebec

• Overview

  In Quebec, Lac Lee falls inside Mauricie. It lies 343 metres above sea level. It runs to roughly 19 hectares — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. Nearest place of any size is Saint-Michel-des-Saints, 56 km away. Trois-Rivières sits 96 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lac Lee

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. County-wide records name northern pike, brook trout, walleye and yellow perch. County records show what lives in the area; the local agency holds the water-by-water list. Lac Lee repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between -16°C in January and 17°C in July. Hard water is a season in its own right here. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly early May. In an average year the thaw lands around early May and the freeze near mid November. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. At Lac Lee the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing we hold confirms whether access is permitted. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. For a change of water, Lac Cantara is 1.4 km distant. Check the position on Lac Lee before loading the car.