Lac Gerard-Lirette, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  In Quebec, Lac Gerard-Lirette falls inside Mauricie. Everything around it is taiga. Some 48 km away sits La Tuque, the nearest settlement. Laurentides follows at 53 km, then Saint-Raymond at 85 km. Near neighbours: Lac la Charite a touch under 0.6 km, 1.4 km away is Lac l'Esperance, Lac Laurent a touch under 1.7 km, 1.8 km away is Lac Alexandra and Lac a la Croix a touch under 2 km. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lac Gerard-Lirette

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Across Mauricie, recorded fish include northern pike, brook trout, walleye, yellow perch and white sucker. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. Lac Gerard-Lirette responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about -16°C and July at about 17°C, the water has a wide range to work through. The fishing year opens late and shuts early. Look for the thaw near early May; the fishing lifts straight after. The lid tends to go about early May and return around mid November. Late spring and early autumn carry the year between them. Lac Gerard-Lirette fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. Public data records a pier about 560 m out. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Lac la Charite sits 0.6 km off and takes the overflow. Confirm before you fish Lac Gerard-Lirette.