Lac Guindon Fishing Guide, Outaouais, Quebec

• Overview

  This water sits in Outaouais, Quebec. This is mixed forest country. With some 12 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. Roughly 1.6 km of bank means you can walk to a fresh area when one goes quiet. The town to know is Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel, 9.1 km out. The big place round here is Orléans, 74 km distant. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Lac Guindon

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Outaouais records list pumpkinseed, yellow perch and smallmouth bass among the fish reported. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. At Lac Guindon light and wind decide more than tackle does.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Typical July readings run about 18°C; by January the average is down near -14°C. Winter shuts the surface down for months. After late April the shallows warm and the fish move up. On the long-run averages the water opens up around late April and starts locking again about late November. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. The season on Lac Guindon follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. No made access appears within a short radius, so plan to park on a verge and walk. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. If the gate is shut, Lac de la Truite at 0.8 km is the nearest alternative. For Lac Guindon in particular, ask before you travel.