Lac Monbleau, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Lac Monbleau falls in Mauricie, part of Quebec. Everything around it is spruce and muskeg. The water measures roughly 6 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. Start from Métabetchouan, 56 km down the road. Saguenay is the closest city, 94 km away. Others within reach: Lac Bellevalle some 1.5 km off, Lac de la Bauge 1.9 km, Lac La Fere some 2.1 km off, Lac Voisard 2.1 km and Lac Sery some 2.3 km off. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac Monbleau

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. County-wide records name northern pike, brook trout, walleye, yellow perch and white sucker. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. Fish Lac Monbleau where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs -16°C to 17°C. Little of the calendar is open water, so timing counts for everything. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from early May. Ice usually gives way near early May, and forms again about mid November. Late spring and early autumn carry the year between them. It sets the rhythm of the year at Lac Monbleau.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. No car park, ramp or path is recorded within easy reach of the shore. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. For a change of water, Lac Bellevalle is 1.5 km distant. What applies at Lac Monbleau may have changed since it was mapped.