Lac Goulet Fishing in Laurentides, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Goulet is one of the Laurentides listings for Quebec. The surface lies 354 metres up. The water covers some 16 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. There is roughly 1.8 km of shoreline here, which is a short walk end to end. The nearest place of any size is Chertsey, 8.1 km away. The big place round here is Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne, 46 km distant. Rules can differ a short way off, since the county line is near.

• Where to Fish on Lac Goulet

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Records held for Laurentides cover pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, brook trout and rock bass. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. On Lac Goulet that means starting tight and working out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Typical July readings run about 18°C; by January the average is down near -14°C. Winter puts a hard lid on this one. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around late April. Break-up near late April, freeze-up near late November: that is the shape of an average year. June through September is the settled part of the year, with the shoulders busier for fish. Lac Goulet fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Failing this one, try Lac Fidele, 0.7 km away. Treat Lac Goulet as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.