Lac Yvette in Mauricie: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Lac Yvette sits within Mauricie in Quebec. This is taiga country. At 3 hectares it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. Most waters listed here for Mauricie are larger. The nearest town is Weymontachie, 64 km away. The nearest city of size is Saguenay, 156 km away. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac Yvette

  Depth is unknown to us, and the shoreline is the better guide. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Mauricie records list northern pike, brook trout, walleye and yellow perch among the fish reported. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. On Lac Yvette a short move beats a long cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 16°C on average, January about -18°C. Cold dominates the calendar on water this far north. The lid usually goes in early May, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. The season between ice runs from about early May to mid November. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. Anyone fishing Lac Yvette regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. There is no mapped parking or launch close by, which usually means walking in. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Should this one be busy, Lac aux Sables is 0.6 km off. Ask locally about Lac Yvette if anything is unclear.