Petit lac au Lard, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Out in Mauricie, Quebec, sits Petit lac au Lard. Height above sea level is 311 metres. At about 10 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. With about 2.1 km of edge, you can try several depths in one session. Supplies mean a trip to La Tuque, 37 km off. After that come Weymontachie at 62 km and Laurentides at 85 km. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Petit lac au Lard

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Reported across Mauricie: northern pike, brook trout, walleye, yellow perch and white sucker. County data is a starting point rather than a guarantee. Petit lac au Lard gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from -16°C in January up to 17°C in July. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. The lid usually goes in late April, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Break-up near late April, freeze-up near mid November: that is the shape of an average year. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. Petit lac au Lard fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. No made access appears within a short radius, so plan to park on a verge and walk. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Lac a Deux Queues, 1.7 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Check the position at Petit lac au Lard before loading the car.