Fishing Lac Topping in Mauricie, Quebec

• Overview

  You will find Lac Topping in Mauricie, Quebec. Country round the bank runs to northern bush. Surface area runs to about 5 hectares — small enough to read in one session. On size it sits at the modest end of our Mauricie list. Métabetchouan sits 40 km from here and is the nearest stop. Saguenay is the closest city, 85 km away. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac Topping

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Fish documented in Mauricie include northern pike, brook trout, walleye and yellow perch. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. On Lac Topping a short move beats a long cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs -17°C to 17°C. Little of the calendar is open water, so timing counts for everything. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around early May. The open-water window runs from around early May to about mid November in an average year. Fishing peaks soon after break-up and again before the cold returns. Anyone fishing Lac Topping regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. Access points are not mapped for this water, which suits people who like quiet. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Lac du Boucan sits 0.5 km off and takes the overflow. Ask locally about Lac Topping if anything is unclear.