Fishing Lac Girondin in Lanaudière, Quebec

• Overview

  Lanaudière in Quebec is where Lac Girondin sits. Elevation runs to 437 metres. At about 14 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. Around 2.2 km of margin, front to back. For a base, Saint-Donat-de-Montcalm sits 18 km out. After that come Saint-Michel-des-Saints at 30 km and Mont-Tremblant at 43 km. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lac Girondin

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Public occurrence data for Lanaudière names pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch and rock bass. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. Lac Girondin gives up its fish to patience rather than distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is -15°C to 17°C. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. Count the season from break-up, usually late April. Ice usually gives way near late April, and forms again about late November. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. Time your trip to Lac Girondin by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. There is a campsite 220 m from the water. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. For a change of water, Lac des Calles is 1 km distant. Check the current arrangement for Lac Girondin.