Fishing Lac Gagnon in Laurentides, Quebec

• Overview

  Within Laurentides, Quebec, you have Lac Gagnon. Height above sea level is 432 metres. It measures about 26 hectares, which is a comfortable size for bank fishing. Roughly 3.0 km of bank means you can walk to a fresh area when one goes quiet. It ranks high for size among our Laurentides listings. The closest town, Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, is 15 km away. Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne sits 68 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Lac Gagnon

  Depth is unmeasured here, so let the shoreline guide you. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Laurentides records list pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch and brook trout among the fish reported. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Lac Gagnon gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 18°C in July and bottom out at -14°C in January. Winter shuts the surface down for months. The lid usually sets by midwinter and gives way around late April. Climate figures give an open season running late April to late November. Fishing peaks soon after break-up and again before the cold returns. Keep it in mind when planning a trip to Lac Gagnon.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Parking sits 610 m out, which makes for a walk with tackle. 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. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Should this one be busy, Lac a Philias is 1.1 km off. Ask locally about Lac Gagnon if anything is unclear.