Lac Mousse, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Lac Mousse is a Mauricie water, in Quebec. The water sits 458 metres up. About 6 hectares of surface, which puts the far bank inside easy sight. Manawan is the closest town at 60 km. The big place round here is Trois-Rivières, 139 km distant. Alternatives close at hand: Lac Brutus the better part of 1.3 km, Lac Adelard some 1.4 km off, Lac Lucien the better part of 1.6 km, Lac Lingot some 2.1 km off and Lac Horseshoe the better part of 3.1 km. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Lac Mousse

  We hold no depth figure for this one. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Fish documented in Mauricie include northern pike, brook trout, walleye and yellow perch. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Read Lac Mousse for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 17°C at the top of summer and -16°C at the bottom of winter. This far north the hard season runs and runs. Ice is part of the season here, ending near early May. On the long-run averages the water opens up around early May and starts locking again about mid November. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. The season on Lac Mousse rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Check whether a boat is allowed before you tow one. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. Lac Brutus at 1.3 km is the sensible second choice. Ask locally about Lac Mousse if anything is unclear.