Lac Pelletier in Mauricie: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  This water sits in Mauricie, Quebec. The surface lies 296 metres up. Surface area runs to about 8 hectares — small enough to read in one session. Start from Saint-Élie-de-Caxton, 20 km down the road. Shawinigan is 30 km away, with Mandeville at 33 km. Water in the same corner: Lac Charme at 1.6 km, Lac de l'Alize out at 1.6 km, Lac des Pins Rouges at 2.2 km, Lac du Vieux out at 2.3 km and Lac Boucher at 2.6 km. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lac Pelletier

  Open data we checked carries no depth for this water. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Across Mauricie, recorded fish include northern pike, brook trout, walleye, yellow perch and white sucker. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. On Lac Pelletier a short move beats a long cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 18°C and January near -14°C. Winter puts a hard lid on this one. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from late April. Averages place the thaw at late April and the freeze at late November. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. The season on Lac Pelletier rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Ownership and access are not documented in what we hold. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. If the gate is shut, Lac Charme at 1.6 km is the nearest alternative. The position on Lac Pelletier is worth confirming on the day.