Fishing Lac Lottinville in Mauricie, Quebec

• Overview

  Mauricie, Quebec, is where Lac Lottinville sits. Height above sea level is 368 metres. Surface area runs to roughly 1.02 sq km, so plan for one area rather than the whole. There is roughly 7.0 km of bank, more than one visit can cover properly. Few waters listed in Mauricie are bigger. Nearest town is La Tuque, 50 km off. Weymontachie follows at 56 km, then Manawan at 75 km. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Lac Lottinville

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Reported across Mauricie: northern pike, brook trout, walleye and yellow perch. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. Read Lac Lottinville before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 17°C on average, January about -16°C. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer and winter test it. After late April the shallows warm and the fish move up. In an average year the thaw lands around late April and the freeze near mid November. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. Anyone fishing Lac Lottinville regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether the bank is open is not something our records settle. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Nothing formal is recorded here: no ramp, no car park, no marked path. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Lac Gerard, 1 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Confirm before you fish Lac Lottinville.