Lac Marcotte in Mauricie: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Lac Marcotte is set in Mauricie, Quebec. This is mixed forest country. This is sizeable water at about 2.36 sq km, and a boat opens up most of it. The perimeter runs near 21 km, so plan the walk before you start. Few waters listed in Mauricie are bigger. Nearest town is Saint-Élie-de-Caxton, 37 km off. Trois-Rivières sits 69 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lac Marcotte

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Fish documented in Mauricie include northern pike, brook trout, walleye, yellow perch and white sucker. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Lac Marcotte fishes better once you know its edges.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July to average close to 18°C, with January the cold end at about -15°C. Hard water is a season in its own right here. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly late April. On the long-run averages the water opens up around late April and starts locking again about late November. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. On Lac Marcotte that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Access points are not mapped for this water, which suits people who like quiet. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Check whether bait restrictions apply before you buy any. Lac de la Bottine sits 1.2 km off and takes the overflow. What applies at Lac Marcotte may have changed since it was mapped.