A big Quebec reservoir with walleye and pike at outfitter camps.
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Where: Central Quebec
Size: about 388,000 acres (hydro reservoir)
Access: Gravel forestry roads, then boat or float plane to outfitters.
Deepest: ?
Average depth: about 16 ft
Species to target: Walleye, northern pike
Walleye limit (US angler): 8; keep only 32–47 cm
Typical ice-out: ?
Who else is on the water: about 20 outfitters, hundreds of cottages
Size (acres)
Sydney & Kilburn: about 17,570 (Sydney 14,240 with the Sturgeon River + Kilburn 3,330)
Réservoir Gouin: about 388,000 (hydro reservoir)
Boats on an average summer day
Sydney & Kilburn: 10 ✓
Réservoir Gouin: 266
Acres per boat
Sydney & Kilburn: 1,760 ✓
Réservoir Gouin: 1,460
Rough-water days a season
Sydney & Kilburn: 1.7 (Kilburn 0)
Réservoir Gouin: 0.6 ✓
Sheltered water
Sydney & Kilburn: 75%
Réservoir Gouin: 77% ✓
Walleye a US angler may keep each day
Sydney & Kilburn: 2, both 18 in or under ✓
Réservoir Gouin: 8; keep only 32–47 cm
Clearest summer water
Sydney & Kilburn: 26 ft
Réservoir Gouin: ?
Deepest spot
Sydney & Kilburn: 240 ft (Kilburn 213 ft)
Réservoir Gouin: ?
Cisco (tullibee)
Sydney & Kilburn: ●
Réservoir Gouin: ●
Whitefish
Sydney & Kilburn: ●
Réservoir Gouin: ●
Free of invasive smelt
Sydney & Kilburn: ●
Réservoir Gouin: ●
Mayfly mud flats
Sydney & Kilburn: ●
Réservoir Gouin: ?
Disturbances on or upstream (of 6)
Sydney & Kilburn: 0 ✓
Réservoir Gouin: 2
Typical ice-out
Sydney & Kilburn: about May 5
Réservoir Gouin: ?
Hours from Minneapolis
Sydney & Kilburn: 7 h drive + 0.5 h flight ✓
Réservoir Gouin: 24 h drive
Who else is on the water
Sydney & Kilburn: 1 lodge, 0 cottages
Réservoir Gouin: about 20 outfitters, hundreds of cottages
✓ marks the better value. ? means we couldn’t find accurate data or a close estimate. We’ve made every effort to be accurate, but some figures are estimates and there may be errors or gaps. How we measured
