Lac Simard Fishing near Weymontachie, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Simard falls in Mauricie, part of Quebec. Height above sea level is 383 metres. Around 30 hectares of surface means several distinct areas to work. The full circuit measures close to 3.1 km on foot. The nearest town is Weymontachie, 16 km away. Beyond it, Leblanc at 75 km and La Tuque at 76 km. Neighbouring water: 2.5 km away is Lac Laroche, Lac Feuille about 2.8 km, 3 km away is Lac a la Truite, Grand lac Clair about 3.4 km and 3.4 km away is Lac Louvain. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Lac Simard

  No figure exists for depth, so let the water show you. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Across Mauricie, recorded fish include northern pike, brook trout, walleye and yellow perch. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. At Lac Simard light and wind decide more than tackle does.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July to average close to 17°C, with January the cold end at about -16°C. This is a two-season water: locked, then wide open. After early May the shallows warm and the fish move up. Expect the water usable from around early May until roughly mid November. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. Lac Simard fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Should this one be busy, Lac Laroche is 2.5 km off. Check the position on Lac Simard before loading the car.