Lac Marie Fishing near La Tuque, Quebec

• Overview

  Mauricie, Quebec, is where Lac Marie sits. It stands 293 metres above sea level. Surface area runs to about 4 hectares — small enough to read in one session. Most waters listed here for Mauricie are larger. Start from La Tuque, 41 km down the road. For a city, Saguenay is 130 km off. Within a short drive: Lac Paul about 0.7 km, Lac Palembert after 1.5 km, Lac Rejean about 2 km, Lac Jean after 2.1 km and Lac Jeannette about 2.2 km. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Lac Marie

  Depth is unmeasured here, so let the shoreline guide you. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Public occurrence data for Mauricie names northern pike, brook trout and walleye. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. On Lac Marie that means starting tight and working out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 17°C at the top of summer and -16°C at the bottom of winter. A solid cap is the normal state through winter. The lid usually goes in late April, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. The season between ice runs from about late April to mid November. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. The season on Lac Marie follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Season dates differ by species, so read the table. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Should this one be busy, Lac Paul is 0.7 km off. Treat Lac Marie as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.