Petit lac Duplessis Fishing in Mauricie, Quebec

• Overview

  Petit lac Duplessis is set in Mauricie, Quebec. The water sits 313 metres up. With some 30 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. Bank access stretches around 3.3 km in total. Supplies mean a trip to La Tuque, 26 km off. Weymontachie lies 73 km off, Laurentides another 74 km. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Petit lac Duplessis

  No figure exists for depth, so let the water show you. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Public occurrence data for Mauricie names northern pike, brook trout, walleye, yellow perch and white sucker. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. On Petit lac Duplessis that means starting tight and working out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July to average close to 17°C, with January the cold end at about -16°C. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer and winter test it. Break-up comes around late April, and the run that follows is short and strong. The open-water window runs from around late April to about mid November in an average year. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. Petit lac Duplessis fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. The map shows no ramp or car park nearby, so this is a walk-in water. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. Failing this one, try Lac Michel, 1 km away. Check the position on Petit lac Duplessis before loading the car.