Lac Lonnquist Fishing Guide, Mauricie, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Lonnquist lies in Mauricie, Quebec. The bank is 410 metres above sea level. Roughly 38 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. The whole outline is near 3.2 km, and most of it is walkable. It ranks high for size among our Mauricie listings. Weymontachie is the closest place, 46 km off. Manawan is 60 km and La Tuque 69 km. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Lac Lonnquist

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Mauricie records list northern pike, brook trout, walleye and yellow perch among the fish reported. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Read Lac Lonnquist before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs -16°C to 17°C. Open water arrives late and leaves early, which concentrates the fishing. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from early May. Expect the water usable from around early May until roughly mid November. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Plan any trip to Lac Lonnquist around it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Ask in the nearest town if you are unsure. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Lac Zenith, 0.9 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing on Lac Lonnquist should be assumed from this page alone.