Lac Gregoire Fishing near Leblanc, Quebec

• Overview

  You will find Lac Gregoire in Mauricie, Quebec. The ground round it is boreal forest. The water covers some 33 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. With about 4.8 km of edge, you can try several depths in one session. The nearest town is Leblanc, 79 km away. Then Weymontachie, 121 km, and Manawan, 123 km. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lac Gregoire

  Depth is unknown to us, and the shoreline is the better guide. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Public occurrence data for Mauricie names northern pike, brook trout and walleye. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Lac Gregoire gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 16°C for July and -18°C for January. Ice holds for a long stretch, so the open weeks matter more here than further south. Hard water holds through the cold months, breaking up near early May. Break-up near early May, freeze-up near mid November: that is the shape of an average year. From the thaw to midsummer the fishing improves week by week. Plan around that when you fish Lac Gregoire.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. There is no recorded infrastructure here; expect to find your own way in. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Lac Lupien sits 0.9 km off and takes the overflow. What applies at Lac Gregoire may have changed since it was mapped.