Petit lac Violon Fishing in Mauricie, Quebec

• Overview

  Within Mauricie, Quebec, you have Petit lac Violon. The surface lies 261 metres up. It covers about 5 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Laurentides is the closest place, 16 km off. Further out sit Sainte-Thècle (22 km) and Saint-Ubalde (30 km). The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Petit lac Violon

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Mauricie records list northern pike, brook trout, walleye, yellow perch and white sucker among the fish reported. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. Anyone new to Petit lac Violon should walk it once before setting up.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The year swings from about -15°C in January to roughly 18°C in July. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. Once it clears, about late April, the fishing comes on quickly. The lid tends to go about late April and return around late November. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. It holds true on Petit lac Violon more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. There is a campsite 670 m from the water. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Lac Violon at 0.9 km is the sensible second choice. Nothing here settles the position at Petit lac Violon for certain.