Flat light and a covered sky today, with a gentle ripple from the W and pressure going nowhere. Expect most activity at Lac Team around the shallows early and the drop later. A tough forecast; the night offers the only real chance. One good spot fished well beats five fished quickly.
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Lac Team stands in Mauricie, Quebec. The surface lies 398 metres up. At 10 hectares it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. A shoreline of some 1.4 km keeps the choices simple. Manawan sits 51 km from here and is the nearest stop. After that come Leblanc at 88 km and Weymontachie at 89 km. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.
Our records hold no depth for this water. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Species logged across Mauricie include northern pike, brook trout, walleye, yellow perch and white sucker. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. Lac Team fishes better once you know its edges.
The range across the year is -16°C to 17°C. Little of the calendar is open water, so timing counts for everything. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near early May. In an average year the thaw lands around early May and the freeze near mid November. The first weeks of open water and the last are the ones to plan for. Time your trip to Lac Team by conditions rather than dates.
The access position is unclear from public sources. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. 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. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Lac Jacynthe at 0.9 km is the sensible second choice. Confirm before you fish Lac Team.
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Sam
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