Lac Oasis Fishing in Mauricie, Quebec

• Overview

  This water sits in Mauricie, Quebec. Height above sea level is 411 metres. It measures about 13 hectares, which is a comfortable size for bank fishing. The bank runs about 1.8 km all the way round, so one visit can cover most of it. Head to Métabetchouan, 61 km away, for anything you forgot. The big place round here is Saguenay, 123 km distant. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Lac Oasis

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Open biodiversity records for Mauricie list northern pike, brook trout, walleye, yellow perch and white sucker. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. At Lac Oasis light and wind decide more than tackle does.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from -16°C in January up to 17°C in July. Winter runs most of the calendar, and everything worth doing happens in the gap. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near early May. Average temperatures cross freezing around early May in spring and again near mid November in autumn. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. The season on Lac Oasis 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. Mapping is blank for access, so scout the approach before committing the car. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. For a change of water, Lac les Dames is 1.9 km distant. What applies at Lac Oasis may have changed since it was mapped.