Fishing at Lac Gurth, Mauricie, Quebec

• Overview

  You will find Lac Gurth in Mauricie, Quebec. The bank is 415 metres above sea level. At 3 hectares it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. On size it sits at the modest end of our Mauricie list. The nearest place of any size is Leblanc, 113 km away. Manawan follows at 114 km, then Ferme-Neuve at 120 km. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Lac Gurth

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Across Mauricie, recorded fish include northern pike, brook trout, walleye and yellow perch. Species recorded across the county may be limited to a few waters. Lac Gurth responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 16°C; the cold one sits at -17°C. Cold dominates the calendar on water this far north. Winter locks it down, and early May brings it back. Ice clears near early May and comes back about mid November in a typical year. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. That shapes the year on Lac Gurth.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. Nothing built is recorded close to the bank here. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Take the rules with you rather than trusting memory. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Lac Six Piastres, 1.6 km away, makes the obvious fallback. For Lac Gurth in particular, ask before you travel.