Lac Guildry Fishing in Capitale-Nationale, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Guildry is listed under Capitale-Nationale, Quebec. Everything around it is spruce and muskeg. At 9 hectares it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. It sits higher than most water we list in Quebec. Start from Laurentides, 28 km down the road. La Cité-Limoilou sits 83 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lac Guildry

  No figure exists for depth, so let the water show you. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Fish documented in Capitale-Nationale include lake sturgeon, Atlantic sturgeon, longnose sucker and sauger. At least one recorded species is protected in parts of its range; read the local rules before targeting anything. Lac Guildry gives up its fish to patience rather than distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from -16°C in January up to 17°C in July. Ice holds for a long stretch, so the open weeks matter more here than further south. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly early May. The season between ice runs from about early May to mid November. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. That is the shape of the year on Lac Guildry.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. Formal access is not mapped, so the last stretch is likely on foot. Walleye come to jigs worked slow near bottom, and to trolled crankbaits along the drops at dusk. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. Lac Marc sits 0.5 km off and takes the overflow. Where Lac Guildry is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.