Fishing at Lac Gendray, Outaouais, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Gendray lies in Outaouais, in Quebec. Height above sea level is 404 metres. Roughly 22 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. Around 2.9 km of margin, front to back. Nearest place of any size is Ferme-Neuve, 82 km away. Gatineau sits 200 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lac Gendray

  Depth is unknown to us, and the shoreline is the better guide. 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. County-wide records name pumpkinseed, yellow perch and smallmouth bass. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. On Lac Gendray the first feature you find is usually worth a session.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Typical July readings run about 17°C; by January the average is down near -17°C. This is a two-season water: locked, then wide open. After early May the shallows warm and the fish move up. Break-up sits around early May on average, with the water closing again about late November. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. At Lac Gendray the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. There is no mapped parking or launch close by, which usually means walking in. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. For a change of water, Lac Limony is 0.7 km distant. For Lac Gendray in particular, ask before you travel.