Fishing Lac Gorion in Laurentides, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Gorion lies in Laurentides, Quebec. The bank gives way to taiga. It runs to roughly 67 hectares — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. Around 11 km of bank, which is a long day on foot. Few waters listed in Laurentides are bigger. Supplies mean a trip to Manawan, 47 km off. It is 145 km to Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne, the nearest city. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Lac Gorion

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. 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. Public occurrence data for Laurentides names pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch and brook trout. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. Read Lac Gorion for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about -16°C and July at about 17°C, the water has a wide range to work through. Little of the calendar is open water, so timing counts for everything. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around early May. Expect the water usable from around early May until roughly mid November. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. Plan any trip to Lac Gorion around it.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Mapping shows an empty shoreline: no ramp, no jetty, no marked entry. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Failing this one, try Lac Major, 1.7 km away. Check the current arrangement for Lac Gorion.