Fishing at Lac Perchaude, Mauricie, Quebec

• Overview

  Set in Mauricie, Lac Perchaude is a Quebec water. The surface lies 189 metres up. The water measures roughly 8 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. Shoreline comes to about 4.2 km, small enough to learn in a day. It lies lower than most water we list in Quebec. Laurentides is the closest place, 19 km off. Trois-Rivières is the closest city, 71 km away. Being near a boundary, it pays to know which side you are fishing.

• Where to Fish on Lac Perchaude

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Open biodiversity records for Mauricie list northern pike, brook trout and walleye. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. On Lac Perchaude the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about -14°C and July at about 18°C, the water has a wide range to work through. Cold winters and warm summers give a wide working range. Firm cover through the cold months, then open water from late April. Averages suggest open water from about late April through to roughly late November. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. The season on Lac Perchaude follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Access points are not mapped for this water, which suits people who like quiet. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. Lac a la Mousse at 1.4 km is the sensible second choice. The position on Lac Perchaude is worth confirming on the day.