Fishing Lac Nimepiranan in Mauricie, Quebec

• Overview

  You will find Lac Nimepiranan in Mauricie, Quebec. Height above sea level is 411 metres. Roughly 95 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. It is among the larger waters listed here for Mauricie. Nearest town is Leblanc, 75 km off. Chapais is 102 km and Chibougamau 109 km. Water in the same corner: Lac de la Vasiere out at 0.9 km, Lac Parachute within 1.2 km, Ruisseau Townsend out at 1.5 km, Lac Marion within 1.6 km and Lac Jumeau out at 2 km. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lac Nimepiranan

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Fish documented in Mauricie include northern pike, brook trout, walleye and yellow perch. County data is a starting point rather than a guarantee. On Lac Nimepiranan a short move beats a long cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 16°C in July and bottoms out near -18°C in January. Open water arrives late and leaves early, which concentrates the fishing. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from early May. Break-up near early May, freeze-up near mid November: that is the shape of an average year. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. Lac Nimepiranan runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Should this one be busy, Lac de la Vasiere is 0.9 km off. Ask locally about Lac Nimepiranan if anything is unclear.