Lac Maguine Fishing Guide, Lanaudière, Quebec

• Overview

  You will find Lac Maguine in Lanaudière, Quebec. Height above sea level is 427 metres. The water covers some 14 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. The edge runs 2.0 km or so, easy to work in an afternoon. The nearest place of any size is Saint-Donat-de-Montcalm, 24 km away. Sainte-Béatrix lies 29 km off, Chertsey another 31 km. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Lac Maguine

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Survey and observation records for Lanaudière include pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, rock bass and brook trout. County records show what lives in the area; the local agency holds the water-by-water list. On Lac Maguine the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 18°C, while January sits near -14°C. The year runs cold to warm and back, with clear transitions. Count the season from break-up, usually late April. The lid tends to go about late April and return around late November. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. Plan around that when you fish Lac Maguine.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. A pier 1.1 km from here gives a platform over deeper water. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. Lac Double sits 0.6 km off and takes the overflow. None of that is settled for Lac Maguine in what we hold.