Petit lac Marguerite in Mauricie: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Petit lac Marguerite is one of the Mauricie waters in Quebec. Around the bank it is spruce and muskeg. It covers about 9 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Supplies mean a trip to Métabetchouan, 56 km off. Then Chambord, 62 km, and La Tuque, 63 km. Also within reach: Lac Jos sits 0.8 km out, Lac a la Vole 1.2 km, Lac du Heron sits 1.6 km out, Petit lac Georges 1.7 km and Lac Lepage sits 2.8 km out. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Petit lac Marguerite

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Public occurrence data for Mauricie names northern pike, brook trout, walleye, yellow perch and white sucker. The county list is broader than any single water. On Petit lac Marguerite that means starting tight and working out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Typical July readings run about 17°C; by January the average is down near -16°C. Open water arrives late and leaves early, which concentrates the fishing. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from early May. The water is typically free of ice between early May and mid November. Spring is short and heavy here; autumn is longer and steadier. It holds true on Petit lac Marguerite more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing we hold confirms whether access is permitted. Nothing built is recorded close to the bank here. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Ask in the nearest town if you are unsure. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Should this one be busy, Lac Jos is 0.8 km off. Where Petit lac Marguerite is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.