Petit lac Mickekw near Manawan: Fishing Spots, Seasons and Access

• Overview

  Out in Lanaudière, Quebec, sits Petit lac Mickekw. The land about it is spruce and muskeg. The water measures roughly 5 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. The town to know is Manawan, 34 km out. It is 191 km to Trois-Rivières, the nearest city. Not far off: Lac Brault 1.4 km off, Lac Corbeil about 1.5 km, Lac Duval 2.7 km off, Lac du Poisson Blanc about 3.2 km and Lac Little Trout 4.3 km off. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Petit lac Mickekw

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Lanaudière records list pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, rock bass and brook trout among the fish reported. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. Fish Petit lac Mickekw where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 16°C and January near -16°C. Winter runs most of the calendar, and everything worth doing happens in the gap. Break-up comes around early May, and the run that follows is short and strong. Ice usually gives way near early May, and forms again about mid November. Late spring and early autumn carry the year between them. At Petit lac Mickekw the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. No made access is recorded, so a short walk in is the likely arrangement. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. Lac Brault, 1.4 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Confirm access to Petit lac Mickekw locally before you travel.