Lac Serge Fishing in Mauricie, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Serge falls in Mauricie, part of Quebec. It stands 417 metres above sea level. Small at around 6 hectares: two anglers spread out cover most of it. Leblanc lies 69 km from the water. Further out sit Manawan (106 km) and Weymontachie (106 km). Water in the same corner: Lac Marsh a shade over 1.4 km, Lac Roosevelt roughly 1.4 km, Lac Aime a shade over 1.9 km, Lac Bob roughly 2.4 km and Lac Anna a shade over 2.8 km. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Lac Serge

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Records held for Mauricie cover northern pike, brook trout and walleye. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. The shape of Lac Serge rewards a slow walk along one bank.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is -17°C to 16°C. Winter runs most of the calendar, and everything worth doing happens in the gap. Firm cover through the cold months, then open water from early May. From about early May to around mid November, expect open water on the long-run figures. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Lac Serge runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. Nothing built is recorded close to the bank here. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Take the rules with you rather than trusting memory. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Lac Marsh, 1.4 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Treat access at Lac Serge as something to verify.