Lac Louise Fishing in Mauricie, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Louise is listed under Mauricie, Quebec. It sits in lake country bush country. A splashy cast here empties the swim; a quiet one owns it. Our Mauricie list holds plenty of bigger water. Saint-Élie-de-Caxton at 16 km is the nearest place to stop. For a city, Trois-Rivières is 43 km off. Close by you also have: 1.8 km away is Lac Goulet, Lac Brule 2.1 km off, 2.1 km away is Lac des Amoureux, Lac Magnan 2.2 km off and 2.2 km away is Lac en Coeur. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Lac Louise

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Records held for Mauricie cover northern pike, brook trout and walleye. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. The shape of Lac Louise rewards a slow walk along one bank.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 18°C and January near -14°C. Expect a real winter and a strong spring after it. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around late April. Average temperatures cross freezing around late April in spring and again near late November in autumn. The middle of summer slows a little, with dawn and dusk carrying it. Lac Louise fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. This sits inside Réserve naturelle de la Tortue-des-Bois-de-la-Shawinigan, so read the reserve notices first. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. For a change of water, Lac Goulet is 1.8 km distant. Nothing here settles the position at Lac Louise for certain.