Best burbot lakes in Québec
840 Québec waters hold burbot, 840 mapped with real state-agency depth surveys. Ranked below by size and depth-data quality — open any water to see exactly where to fish it: depth contours, scored spots with plain-English reasons, seasonal windows and bait picks. The freshwater cod that feeds at night under the ice — ugly, delicious and wildly underrated.
- Grand lac Victoria — 131 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Sauger, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
- Réservoir Mitchinamecus — 154 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout
- Lac Témiscouata — 245 ft max · survey depth data · Muskellunge, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout, Brook Trout
- Grand lac Saint-François — 130 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout
- Lac du Poisson Blanc — 407 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike
- Lac Némiscachingue — 213 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout
- Lac Kénogami — 336 ft max · survey depth data · Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Brook Trout, Landlocked Salmon
- Lac Lemoine — 169 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Sauger, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
- Lac Chigoubiche — 180 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout
- Lac Opasatica — 197 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Sauger, Northern Pike
- Lac Preissac — 54 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Sauger, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
- Lac des Commissaires — 150 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout
- Lac Long — 80 ft max · survey depth data · Muskellunge, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout, Brook Trout
- Lac Jean-Peré — 100 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Sauger, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
- Lac Byrd — 131 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Sauger, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
- Lac Cawasachouane — 98 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Sauger, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
- Lac Canimina — 98 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Sauger, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
- Grand lac Bostonnais — 70 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout, Brook Trout
- Lac Mégantic — 248 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout
- Lac Aylmer — 110 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout
- Réservoir Kiamika — 459 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
- Lac Massawippi — 279 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike
- Lac Saint-Amour — 164 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Sauger, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
- Lac Pythonga — 197 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Channel Catfish
- Lac Memphrémagog — 330 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike
…plus 815 more Québec waters holding burbot.
When to fish burbot in Québec
- Spring 25–70 ft — Post-spawn burbot slide back toward deep basins but still run shallow rock after dark.
- Summer 50–120 ft — Deep and sluggish in warm months — mostly a bycatch while jigging deep structure for lake trout.
- Fall 30–80 ft — Feeding picks up hard as the water cools — dead bait or glow spoons on deep rock at night.
- Winter 15–60 ft — Late-winter spawners stack on rock humps and shoals — glow jigs pounded on bottom after dark.
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