Fishing Lac du Glouton in Mauricie, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac du Glouton is a Mauricie water, Quebec side. It sits at 414 metres above sea level. This is a pocket water of some 5 hectares, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. The nearest place of any size is Mandeville, 26 km away. Trois-Rivières sits 70 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. Others worth noting: Lac a la Loutre 1.2 km off, Lac Demarest after 1.3 km, Lac Pavot 1.4 km off, Lac Dispos after 2 km and Lac Bonom 2.1 km off. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Glouton

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Species logged across Mauricie include northern pike, brook trout, walleye, yellow perch and white sucker. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. On Lac du Glouton the first feature you find is usually worth a session.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 18°C and January near -15°C. A full turn of seasons, with the strongest sport on either side of summer. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near late April. Average temperatures cross freezing around late April in spring and again near late November in autumn. Fishing peaks soon after break-up and again before the cold returns. It sets the rhythm of the year at Lac du Glouton.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. There is no mapped parking or launch close by, which usually means walking in. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Lac a la Loutre at 1.2 km is the sensible second choice. For Lac du Glouton, the notice at the access point is the final word.