Fishing at Lac Musique, Mauricie, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Musique is set in Mauricie, Quebec. The surface lies 539 metres up. By elevation it is in the upper part of our Quebec listings. Weymontachie at 46 km is the nearest place to stop. Then Manawan, 57 km, and Leblanc, 60 km. Others worth noting: Lac Longworth 1.1 km away, Lac a l'Aeroplane lies 1.5 km on, Lac Dorothy 1.5 km away, Lac Storm lies 1.9 km on and Lac Albert 2.2 km away. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Lac Musique

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Records held for Mauricie cover northern pike, brook trout, walleye, yellow perch and white sucker. Species recorded across the county may be limited to a few waters. Treat Lac Musique as a water to read rather than to cover.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Typical July readings run about 16°C; by January the average is down near -17°C. Water stays cold even at the height of the year. After early May the shallows warm and the fish move up. On the long-run averages the water opens up around early May and starts locking again about mid November. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. On Lac Musique the same rules apply, with local timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. Access points are not mapped for this water, which suits people who like quiet. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Lac Longworth, 1.1 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Rules at Lac Musique are worth checking on the day.