Second lac Drinville, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Mauricie, Quebec, is where Second lac Drinville sits. Around the bank it is spruce and muskeg. At roughly 2 hectares, the whole thing is within casting reach of a single walk. On size it sits at the modest end of our Mauricie list. Métabetchouan sits 64 km from the bank. The nearest city of size is Saguenay, 99 km away. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Second lac Drinville

  Depth figures are not published for this one. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Open biodiversity records for Mauricie list northern pike, brook trout and walleye. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. On Second lac Drinville a short move beats a long cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The year swings from about -16°C in January to roughly 17°C in July. Little of the calendar is open water, so timing counts for everything. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around early May. The water is typically free of ice between early May and mid November. The first weeks of open water and the last are the ones to plan for. At Second lac Drinville the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  There is no clear statement anywhere on who can fish it. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Lac Drinville sits 0.9 km off and takes the overflow. Check the current arrangement for Second lac Drinville.