Lac Roosevelt Fishing in Mauricie, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Roosevelt belongs to Mauricie, Quebec. Elevation runs to 419 metres. With some 53 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. The edge runs 3.8 km or so, easy to work in an afternoon. Few waters listed in Mauricie are bigger. The closest town, Leblanc, is 71 km distant. Trois-Rivières sits 273 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Lac Roosevelt

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Mauricie records list northern pike, brook trout, walleye and yellow perch among the fish reported. County records show what lives in the area; the local agency holds the water-by-water list. On Lac Roosevelt that means starting tight and working out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July to average close to 16°C, with January the cold end at about -17°C. Water stays cold even at the height of the year. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly early May. On the long-run averages the water opens up around early May and starts locking again about mid November. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. Anyone fishing Lac Roosevelt regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. There is no recorded infrastructure here; expect to find your own way in. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Lac Marsh, 0.6 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing on Lac Roosevelt should be assumed from this page alone.