Fishing at Lac Musqua, Mauricie, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Musqua is one of the Mauricie listings for Quebec. The surface lies 432 metres up. With some 17 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. The whole outline is near 3.0 km, and most of it is walkable. The town to know is Weymontachie, 22 km out. Leblanc is 50 km and Manawan 75 km. Others worth noting: 0.7 km away is Lac Dear, Lac Rabbit about 1.9 km, 3.7 km away is Lac Philip, Lac Lost about 4.4 km and 4.8 km away is Lac Ohomisiw. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lac Musqua

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Records held for Mauricie cover northern pike, brook trout, walleye, yellow perch and white sucker. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. At Lac Musqua the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 16°C on average, January about -17°C. The freeze holds for the better part of the year. Once it clears, about early May, the fishing comes on quickly. Break-up sits around early May on average, with the water closing again about mid November. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. Lac Musqua fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. The map shows no ramp or car park nearby, so this is a walk-in water. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Ask in the nearest town if you are unsure. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. The nearest alternative is Lac Dear, 0.7 km out. What applies at Lac Musqua may have changed since it was mapped.