Lac Goas, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Lac Goas is one of the Laurentides listings for Quebec. The water sits 356 metres up. It covers about 3 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. It is a small entry by Laurentides standards. La Minerve sits 27 km from here and is the nearest stop. Then Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel, 29 km, and Rivière-Rouge, 38 km. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lac Goas

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Across Laurentides, recorded fish include pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass and yellow perch. County data is a starting point rather than a guarantee. Read Lac Goas for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is -14°C to 18°C. Cold winters and warm summers give a wide working range. After late April the shallows warm and the fish move up. Climate figures give an open season running late April to late November. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. That is the shape of the year on Lac Goas.

• Tackle & Baits

  There is no clear statement anywhere on who can fish it. No car park, ramp or path is recorded within easy reach of the shore. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. Should this one be busy, Lac Georges is 0.5 km off. Confirm access to Lac Goas locally before you travel.