Lac Rene Fishing in Mauricie, Quebec

• Overview

  In Quebec, Lac Rene belongs to Mauricie. The ground around here is boreal forest. Some 20 km away sits Weymontachie, the nearest settlement. For a city, Saguenay is 190 km off. Close by you also have: Lac Hamel 0.9 km away, Lac Carmen just 1.3 km, Lac Irene 1.4 km away, Lac Jos-Boivin just 1.6 km and Lac Gordon 1.9 km away. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Lac Rene

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Across Mauricie, recorded fish include northern pike, brook trout, walleye and yellow perch. Species recorded across the county may be limited to a few waters. On Lac Rene the first feature you find is usually worth a session.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about -17°C and July at about 16°C, the water has a wide range to work through. Winter runs most of the calendar, and everything worth doing happens in the gap. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about early May. The water is typically free of ice between early May and mid November. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. Expect Lac Rene to follow that timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Look for a notice board at the entrance. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. Lac Hamel sits 0.9 km off and takes the overflow. Nothing here settles the position at Lac Rene for certain.