Lac Tempo in Mauricie: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Look for Lac Tempo in Mauricie, Quebec. Land around it is boreal forest. Roughly 14 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. About 3.0 km of bank, so nothing stays unexplored for long. For supplies, Leblanc is 80 km out. Trois-Rivières sits 285 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Lac Tempo

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Across Mauricie, recorded fish include northern pike, brook trout and walleye. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Lac Tempo repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 16°C and January near -18°C. Open water is the exception rather than the rule here. Count the season from break-up, usually early May. From about early May to around mid November, expect open water on the long-run figures. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Plan around that when you fish Lac Tempo.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Mapping is blank for access, so scout the approach before committing the car. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. For a change of water, Lac Telemaque is 0.6 km distant. Treat Lac Tempo as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.