Lac Goulet Fishing in Mauricie, Quebec

• Overview

  Set in Mauricie, Quebec, this is Lac Goulet. The water sits 464 metres up. About 2 hectares of surface, which puts the far bank inside easy sight. It is a small entry by Mauricie standards. The closest town, La Tuque, is 51 km distant. The big place round here is Saguenay, 117 km distant. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac Goulet

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. County-wide records name northern pike, brook trout, walleye and yellow perch. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. Read Lac Goulet for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The year swings from about -16°C in January to roughly 17°C in July. The season is measured in weeks rather than months. The lid usually goes in early May, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. The season between ice runs from about early May to mid November. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. It sets the rhythm of the year at Lac Goulet.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. Formal access is not mapped, so the last stretch is likely on foot. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Take the rules with you rather than trusting memory. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Lac Charles, 0.6 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Treat access at Lac Goulet as something to verify.