Lac Tcikon, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Quebec holds Lac Tcikon, in Lanaudière. It sits in taiga country. It covers about 3 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Most waters listed here for Lanaudière are larger. Manawan lies 28 km from the water. Weymontachie is 88 km away, with Ferme-Neuve at 97 km. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lac Tcikon

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Public occurrence data for Lanaudière names pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch and rock bass. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. At Lac Tcikon the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 17°C and January near -16°C. The fishing year opens late and shuts early. Once it clears, about early May, the fishing comes on quickly. The open-water window runs from around early May to about mid November in an average year. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. The season on Lac Tcikon follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. Nothing is mapped in the way of a ramp or car park within a short radius. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Lac de la Mouche a Scie sits 2 km off and takes the overflow. Ask locally about Lac Tcikon if anything is unclear.