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The Gouin Reservoir (French: Réservoir Gouin, pronounced [ʁezɛʁvwaʁ ɡwɛ̃]) is a man-made lake, fully within the boundaries of the City of La Tuque, Quebec, Canada.It is not one contiguous body of water, but the collective name for a series of connected lakes separated by innumerable bays, peninsulas, and islands with highly irregular shapes.
Walleye (painting) Fishing for walleye is a popular sport with anglers in Canada and the Northern United States, where the fish is native. The current IGFA all tackle record is 11.34 kilograms (25 lb 0 oz), caught on August 2, 1960 in Old Hickory Lake, Tennessee. [1] The sport is regulated by most natural resource agencies.
The Cabonga Reservoir (French: Réservoir Cabonga) is a man-made lake in central Quebec, Canada, with a total surface area of 677 square kilometres (261 sq mi) and a net area (water only) of 484 square kilometres (187 sq mi). [2]
The walleye (Sander vitreus, synonym Stizostedion vitreum), also called the walleyed pike, [3] yellow pike, yellow pikeperch or yellow pickerel, [4] is a freshwater perciform fish native to most of Canada and to the Northern United States. It is a North American close relative of the European zander, also known as the pikeperch.
Numerous sport fishing lodges dot the main shoreline and can also be found on several of Nipissing's many islands. Most anglers target walleye, smallmouth bass, muskie, and northern pike. For various reasons, largely social, numerous stocking associations are engaged in attempts to manage the lake's walleye population.
Tommy cod fishing is a traditional activity in the Mauricie region practiced for several centuries, the Iroquois were already fishing for Tommy cod fish in the year 1000 AD. [23] In Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade , in 1938, Eugène Mailhot, busy cutting blocks of ice for the family cooler , discovered that fish were spawning in the Sainte-Anne River.
Lake Timiskaming or Lake Temiskaming (French: Lac Témiscamingue, pronounced [lak temiskamɛ̃ɡ]) is a large freshwater lake on the provincial boundary between Ontario and Quebec, Canada. The lake, which forms part of the Ottawa River , is 110 km (68 mi) in length and covers an area of 304 km 2 (117 sq mi).
The Baskatong Reservoir (French: Réservoir Baskatong) is a man-made lake in western Quebec, Canada.It was formed following the construction of the Mercier Dam in 1927 [2] and has an area of 413 km 2. [3]