Fishing at Lac Gigon, Nord-du-Québec, Quebec

• Overview

  Quebec holds Lac Gigon, in Nord-du-Québec. It sits in boreal forest country. The water covers some 16 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. Roughly 1.8 km of bank means you can walk to a fresh area when one goes quiet. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Nord-du-Québec. Some 86 km away sits Waskaganish, the nearest settlement. Greater Sudbury sits 553 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 Gigon

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Nord-du-Québec records list Arctic charr, brook trout, lake trout, lake whitefish and cisco among the fish reported. County data is a starting point rather than a guarantee. Work Lac Gigon in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is -19°C to 16°C. The fishing year opens late and shuts early. Ice-out usually falls in early May, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Averages suggest open water from about early May through to roughly mid November. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. Time your trip to Lac Gigon by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. 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. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. For a change of water, Lac Veronneau is 0.5 km distant. For Lac Gigon in particular, ask before you travel.