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Best cisco (lake herring) lakes in Québec

434 Québec waters hold cisco (lake herring), 434 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. Pelagic coldwater herring — suspends over deep basins chasing plankton, spawns on late-fall shoals, and shines as a winter ice target.

1. Grand lac Victoria — 131 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Sauger, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
2. Réservoir Mitchinamecus — 154 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout
3. Grand lac Saint-François — 130 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout
4. Lac Némiscachingue — 213 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout
5. Lac Kénogami — 336 ft max · survey depth data · Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Brook Trout, Landlocked Salmon
6. Lac Lemoine — 169 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Sauger, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
7. Lac Chigoubiche — 180 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout
8. Lac Opasatica — 197 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Sauger, Northern Pike
9. Lac Preissac — 54 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Sauger, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
10. Lac des Commissaires — 150 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout
11. Lac Jean-Peré — 100 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Sauger, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
12. Lac Byrd — 131 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Sauger, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
13. Lac Cawasachouane — 98 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Sauger, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
14. Lac Canimina — 98 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Sauger, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
15. Grand lac Bostonnais — 70 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout, Brook Trout
16. Lac Mégantic — 248 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout
17. Lac Aylmer — 110 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout
18. Réservoir Kiamika — 459 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
19. Lac Massawippi — 279 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike
20. Lac Saint-Amour — 164 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Sauger, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
21. Lac Memphrémagog — 330 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike
22. Lac Antostagan — 120 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Sauger, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
23. Lac Tourbis — 148 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout
24. Lac Kondiaronk — 115 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Sauger, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
25. Lac des Îles — 125 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch

…plus 409 more Québec waters holding cisco (lake herring).

When to fish cisco (lake herring) in Québec

• Spring 10–40 ft — Post-ice-out schools roam the upper column over deep water — follow the bait clouds on the graph, not the bank.
• Summer 40–80 ft — Locked below the thermocline, suspended over the deepest basins. Vertical presentations at the school's exact depth or nothing.
• Fall 5–25 ft — The late-fall spawn puts silver schools on shallow gravel shoals and windswept rock — the one time they're everyone's fish.
• Winter 20–60 ft — A premier ice species — suspended schools cruise the basin mid-column. Watch the flasher and chase the marks.

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