Fishing at Lac Pot, Mauricie, Quebec

• Overview

  In Quebec, Lac Pot falls inside Mauricie. The surface lies 356 metres up. At about 14 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. The edge runs 1.8 km or so, easy to work in an afternoon. The nearest place of any size is La Tuque, 24 km away. It is 110 km to Sainte-Foy, the nearest city. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac Pot

  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. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Public occurrence data for Mauricie names northern pike, brook trout, walleye and yellow perch. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. At Lac Pot the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 17°C at the top of summer and -16°C at the bottom of winter. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. Firm cover through the cold months, then open water from late April. Climate figures give an open season running late April to mid November. From the thaw to midsummer the fishing improves week by week. That shapes the year on Lac Pot.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, 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. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. Failing this one, try Lac du Butor, 0.9 km away. Signs at Lac Pot carry more weight than any list.