Fishing Petit lac Stern in Mauricie, Quebec

• Overview

  Quebec holds Petit lac Stern, in Mauricie. The ground round it is pine and birch. The water measures roughly 2 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. Our Mauricie list holds plenty of bigger water. Head to La Tuque, 23 km away, for anything you forgot. It is 117 km to Sainte-Foy, the nearest city. No boundary runs near, so the local rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Petit lac Stern

  Depth figures are not published for this one. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Across Mauricie, recorded fish include northern pike, brook trout and walleye. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. The shape of Petit lac Stern decides where the fish sit.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 17°C and January near -16°C. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near early May. Average temperatures cross freezing around early May in spring and again near mid November in autumn. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. That is the shape of the year on Petit lac Stern.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Lac Perdrix, 0.8 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Check the position at Petit lac Stern before loading the car.