Fishing at Lac Gagne, Mauricie, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Gagne is a Mauricie water, Quebec side. Height above sea level is 377 metres. Sainte-Thècle is the closest place, 18 km off. The big place round here is Trois-Rivières, 70 km distant. Close by you have: 1.7 km out stands Lac Saint-Laurent, Troisieme lac Gagnon a touch under 1.8 km, 1.9 km out stands Deuxieme lac Gagnon, Lac Godin a touch under 2 km and 2.2 km out stands Lac Arcale. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Lac Gagne

  Our records carry no depth, so judge it from the bank. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Mauricie records list northern pike, brook trout, walleye, yellow perch and white sucker among the fish reported. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. Read Lac Gagne before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 18°C in July and bottom out at -15°C in January. The season turns properly here, and fish follow it closely. Winter locks it down, and late April brings it back. Average temperatures cross freezing around late April in spring and again near late November in autumn. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. Lac Gagne fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. The nearest alternative is Lac Saint-Laurent, 1.7 km out. Nothing here settles the position at Lac Gagne for certain.