Lac Sikak, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Set in Mauricie, Lac Sikak is a Quebec water. The surface lies 511 metres up. The water measures roughly 2 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. On size it sits at the modest end of our Mauricie list. Weymontachie sits 26 km from here and is the nearest stop. Saguenay sits 191 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Lac Sikak

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Species logged across Mauricie include northern pike, brook trout, walleye, yellow perch and white sucker. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. On Lac Sikak that means starting tight and working out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 16°C, while January sits near -17°C. The season is measured in weeks rather than months. After early May the shallows warm and the fish move up. On the long-run averages the water opens up around early May and starts locking again about mid November. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. Anyone fishing Lac Sikak regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. Nothing is mapped in the way of a ramp or car park within a short radius. 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. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Lac Kwekwesew sits 0.9 km off and takes the overflow. Check the position at Lac Sikak before loading the car.