Fishing at Lac Verdelet, Mauricie, Quebec

• Overview

  Within Mauricie, Quebec, you have Lac Verdelet. The bank is 553 metres above sea level. It covers about 3 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. On size it sits at the modest end of our Mauricie list. Some 46 km away sits Laurentides, the nearest settlement. La Cité-Limoilou is the closest city, 97 km away. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Lac Verdelet

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Open biodiversity records for Mauricie list northern pike, brook trout, walleye, yellow perch and white sucker. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Lac Verdelet gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July near 17°C and January near -16°C on the long-run figures. The window is narrow, and fish feed hard while it lasts. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about early May. Expect the water usable from around early May until roughly mid November. The first weeks of open water and the last are the ones to plan for. Lac Verdelet runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  There is no clear statement anywhere on who can fish it. Nothing built is recorded close to the bank here. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Should this one be busy, Lac Charmant is 1.3 km off. Treat access at Lac Verdelet as something to verify.