Fishing at Lac Long, Mauricie, Quebec

• Overview

  Within Mauricie, Quebec, you have Lac Long. Salt water lies 35 km off. Small at around 5 hectares: two anglers spread out cover most of it. Some 9.3 km away sits Shawinigan, the nearest settlement. Hérouxville is 9.9 km away, with Saint-Tite at 17 km. Also on the doorstep: Lac Giguere at 1.2 km, Lac Castor the better part of 1.5 km, Lac Bournival at 3 km, Lac des Piles the better part of 3 km and Lac Mondor at 3.1 km. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Lac Long

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Species logged across Mauricie include northern pike, brook trout and walleye. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. Read Lac Long for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs -14°C to 19°C. Winter closes the water for a while, and the reopening is worth catching. Break-up comes around late April, and the run that follows is short and strong. The open-water window runs from around late April to about late November in an average year. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. On Lac Long that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. No made access appears within a short radius, so plan to park on a verge and walk. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. For a change of water, Lac Giguere is 1.2 km distant. Check the current arrangement for Lac Long.