Lac Maurice in Mauricie: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Set in Mauricie, Lac Maurice is a Quebec water. The setting is northern bush. At about 13 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. Around 2.2 km of margin, front to back. You are 47 km from La Tuque. Saguenay sits 122 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. Others worth noting: Lac Clair at 0.8 km, Lac Ovale 0.8 km, Lac Lionel at 1.2 km, Lac du Lievre 1.3 km and Lac des Grands at 1.3 km. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Lac Maurice

  Depth figures are not published for this one. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Public occurrence data for Mauricie names northern pike, brook trout, walleye and yellow perch. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. Lac Maurice repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 17°C for July and -16°C for January. Long winters and short summers set the pattern. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from early May. Break-up near early May, freeze-up near mid November: that is the shape of an average year. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. The season on Lac Maurice follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. No made access is recorded, so a short walk in is the likely arrangement. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. The nearest alternative is Lac Clair, 0.8 km out. Confirm access to Lac Maurice locally before you travel.