Lac Rubis in Mauricie: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Lac Rubis is one of the Mauricie waters in Quebec. The water sits 419 metres up. It covers about 2 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Mauricie. 23 km away sits Mandeville, the nearest town. For a city, Trois-Rivières is 65 km off. No boundary runs near, so the local rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lac Rubis

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. 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. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Fish Lac Rubis where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from -14°C in January up to 18°C in July. The year splits cleanly: hard water, then open water. The lid usually goes in late April, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Break-up near late April, freeze-up near late November: that is the shape of an average year. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. It holds true on Lac Rubis more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. There is no recorded infrastructure here; expect to find your own way in. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Lac Sac sits 0.7 km off and takes the overflow. Ask locally about Lac Rubis if anything is unclear.