Lac du Glouton Fishing near Mattawa, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac du Glouton is set in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec. It stands 335 metres above sea level. The water measures roughly 6 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. Most waters listed here for Abitibi-Témiscamingue are larger. Mattawa lies 62 km from the water. Notre-Dame-du-Lac lies 71 km off, Témiscaming another 74 km. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Glouton

  Open data we checked carries no depth for this water. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Survey and observation records for Abitibi-Témiscamingue include northern pike, yellow perch, walleye, white sucker and brown bullhead. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Lac du Glouton repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 18°C and January near -14°C. Four clear seasons, with a proper winter at one end. Ice-out usually falls in late April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. The open-water window runs from around late April to about late November in an average year. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. It holds true on Lac du Glouton more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  There is no clear statement anywhere on who can fish it. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Lac des Nymphes, 2.7 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Rules at Lac du Glouton are worth checking on the day.