Lac Nelson Fishing Guide, Mauricie, Quebec

• Overview

  You will find Lac Nelson in Mauricie, Quebec. Everything around it is spruce and muskeg. This is sizeable water at about 2.22 sq km, and a boat opens up most of it. At about 15 km of edge, most people work one arm at a time. It is among the larger waters listed here for Mauricie. Nearest town is Leblanc, 81 km off. Chapais follows at 93 km, then Chibougamau at 103 km. No boundary runs near, so the local rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lac Nelson

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. 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. Reported across Mauricie: northern pike, brook trout and walleye. County records show what lives in the area; the local agency holds the water-by-water list. On Lac Nelson that means starting tight and working out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warmest month averages 16°C, the coldest about -19°C. The ice season is long here and the open one short. Count the season from break-up, usually early May. Climate figures give an open season running early May to mid November. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. The season on Lac Nelson rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Access points are not mapped for this water, which suits people who like quiet. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Should this one be busy, Lac Poirier is 1.2 km off. Where Lac Nelson is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.