Lac Wabamun Fishing Guide, Mauricie, Quebec

• Overview

  Set in Mauricie, Quebec, this is Lac Wabamun. The bank is 254 metres above sea level. It covers about 2 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Most waters listed here for Mauricie are larger. For supplies, La Tuque is 18 km out. The big place round here is Trois-Rivières, 128 km distant. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Lac Wabamun

  Depth figures are not published for this one. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Survey and observation records for Mauricie include northern pike, brook trout, walleye and yellow perch. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. At Lac Wabamun the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 18°C on average, January about -16°C. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. Ice-out usually falls in late April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Average temperatures cross freezing around late April in spring and again near late November in autumn. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. Lac Wabamun runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. There is no mapped parking or launch close by, which usually means walking in. 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. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Lac Appendice, 0.9 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Where Lac Wabamun is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.