Lac Solitaire Fishing Guide, Mauricie, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Solitaire is a Mauricie water, in Quebec. The country here is lake country bush. Roughly 10 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. Bank access stretches around 1.5 km in total. The closest town, La Tuque, is 15 km distant. The big place round here is Trois-Rivières, 134 km distant. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Lac Solitaire

  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. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Species logged across Mauricie include northern pike, brook trout and walleye. The list covers the county rather than this water alone, so treat it as a guide. Take Lac Solitaire a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 17°C; the cold one sits at -16°C. The year splits cleanly: hard water, then open water. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around late April. Ice usually gives way near late April, and forms again about late November. From the thaw to midsummer the fishing improves week by week. The season on Lac Solitaire follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Provincial rules still apply whatever the bank status. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Should this one be busy, Lac Cutaway is 1.4 km off. For Lac Solitaire, the notice at the access point is the final word.