Lac Georges Fishing near La Tuque, Quebec

• Overview

  You will find Lac Georges in Mauricie, Quebec. It lies 288 metres above sea level. It measures about 63 hectares, which is a comfortable size for bank fishing. The shoreline runs about 6.3 km, so it pays to pick a stretch and stay with it. It ranks high for size among our Mauricie listings. Start from La Tuque, 35 km down the road. Weymontachie lies 71 km off, Laurentides another 81 km. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Lac Georges

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Survey and observation records for Mauricie include northern pike, brook trout, walleye and yellow perch. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. The near bank of Lac Georges is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 17°C, while January sits near -16°C. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near late April. The open-water window runs from around late April to about mid November in an average year. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. Lac Georges runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Check whether bait restrictions apply before you buy any. Petit lac Georges sits 1.4 km off and takes the overflow. None of that is settled for Lac Georges in what we hold.