Fishing at Lac Lion d'Or, Mauricie, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Lion d'Or is set in Mauricie, Quebec. The land about it is taiga. At about 25 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. With about 4.4 km of edge, you can try several depths in one session. Weymontachie lies 51 km from the water. After that come La Tuque at 70 km and Roberval at 86 km. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Lac Lion d'Or

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Mauricie records list northern pike, brook trout, walleye, yellow perch and white sucker among the fish reported. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. Read Lac Lion d'Or before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 17°C, while January sits near -17°C. This is a two-season water: locked, then wide open. The lid usually goes in early May, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Climate figures give an open season running early May to mid November. Late spring and early autumn carry the year between them. Plan any trip to Lac Lion d'Or around it.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. No car park, ramp or path is recorded within easy reach of the shore. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. For a change of water, Lac Binette is 3.4 km distant. What applies at Lac Lion d'Or may have changed since it was mapped.