Fishing Lac Parapluie in Mauricie, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Parapluie is one of the Mauricie waters in Quebec. Country round the bank runs to northern bush. At 2 hectares it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. Most waters listed here for Mauricie are larger. You are 29 km from Weymontachie. Further out sit Leblanc (70 km) and La Tuque (85 km). The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lac Parapluie

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. County-wide records name northern pike, brook trout, walleye, yellow perch and white sucker. The county list is broader than any single water. Lac Parapluie repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 16°C; the cold one sits at -17°C. Winter owns most of the year at this latitude. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly early May. On average, early May opens the water and mid November closes it again. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. That is the shape of the year on Lac Parapluie.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. For a change of water, Gros lac Bill is 0.5 km distant. Confirm before you fish Lac Parapluie.