Lac Gordon, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  This water sits in Mauricie, Quebec. Land around it is boreal forest. The water measures roughly 7 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. The closest town, Weymontachie, is 20 km away. Further out sit Leblanc (67 km) and La Tuque (84 km). Others within reach: Lac Read near enough 1.7 km, Lac Rene the better part of 1.9 km, Lac Hamel near enough 2 km, Lac Line the better part of 2 km and Lac du Feu near enough 2.2 km. No boundary runs near, so the local rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lac Gordon

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Records held for Mauricie cover northern pike, brook trout, walleye, yellow perch and white sucker. County records show what lives in the area; the local agency holds the water-by-water list. Work Lac Gordon in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 16°C and January at -17°C. Everything is compressed into the middle of the year. Once it clears, about early May, the fishing comes on quickly. On the long-run averages the water opens up around early May and starts locking again about mid November. The middle of summer slows a little, with dawn and dusk carrying it. At Lac Gordon the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Lac Read, 1.7 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Check the position on Lac Gordon before loading the car.