Lac Usamatik Fishing near Weymontachie, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Usamatik is a Mauricie water, Quebec side. Height above sea level is 502 metres. This is a pocket water of some 2 hectares, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Mauricie. Weymontachie sits 34 km from here and is the nearest stop. For a city, Saguenay is 187 km off. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lac Usamatik

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Records held for Mauricie cover northern pike, brook trout and walleye. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Read Lac Usamatik for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warmest month averages 16°C, the coldest about -18°C. Cold dominates the calendar on water this far north. Firm cover through the cold months, then open water from early May. From about early May to around mid November, expect open water on the long-run figures. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. It holds true on Lac Usamatik more years than not.

• 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. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Lac Wupaw, 0.8 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Confirm access to Lac Usamatik locally before you travel.