Lac Mary in Mauricie: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Lac Mary stands in Mauricie, Quebec. The ground round it is northern bush. At roughly 6 hectares, the whole thing is within casting reach of a single walk. By elevation it is in the upper part of our Quebec listings. Weymontachie is the closest place, 56 km off. The nearest city of size is Saguenay, 179 km away. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac Mary

  Depth is unknown to us, and the shoreline is the better guide. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Public occurrence data for Mauricie names northern pike, brook trout, walleye, yellow perch and white sucker. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. On Lac Mary the quiet end is the one worth the extra effort.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 16°C; the cold one sits at -18°C. Cold dominates the year and the fishing works around it. Winter locks it down, and early May brings it back. Break-up near early May, freeze-up near mid November: that is the shape of an average year. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. The season on Lac Mary follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. No made access is recorded, so a short walk in is the likely arrangement. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. For a change of water, Lac de la Betise is 0.6 km distant. For Lac Mary, the notice at the access point is the final word.