Lac Lemay Fishing near Weymontachie, Quebec

• Overview

  You will find Lac Lemay in Mauricie, Quebec. What surrounds it is spruce and muskeg. It measures about 10 hectares, which is a comfortable size for bank fishing. About 1.6 km of bank, so nothing stays unexplored for long. For a base, Weymontachie sits 38 km out. Then La Tuque, 79 km, and Leblanc, 80 km. Within a short run: Lac Desilets just 1 km, Lac Lucratia at 1.2 km, Lac du Cordon just 1.5 km, Lac Crete at 1.6 km and Lac Rene just 1.8 km. No boundary runs near, so the local rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lac Lemay

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. 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. Treat Lac Lemay as a water to read rather than to cover.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 17°C at the top of summer and -17°C at the bottom of winter. The fishing year opens late and shuts early. After early May the shallows warm and the fish move up. 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. The season on Lac Lemay rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Mapping shows no built access close by; expect to walk in from wherever you can leave the car. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Bank access can be seasonal on ground like this. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Lac Desilets sits 1 km off and takes the overflow. None of that is settled for Lac Lemay in what we hold.