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Best landlocked salmon lakes in Québec

432 Québec waters hold landlocked salmon, 431 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. Lake-dwelling Atlantic salmon that lives and dies by the smelt run. Ice-out surface fishing at its finest.

1. Lac Témiscouata — 245 ft max · survey depth data · Muskellunge, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout, Brook TroutWhy #1: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
2. Lac Kénogami — 336 ft max · survey depth data · Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Brook Trout, Landlocked SalmonWhy #2: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
3. Lac Long — 80 ft max · survey depth data · Muskellunge, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout, Brook TroutWhy #3: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
4. Lake Memphremagog — 351 ft max · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow PerchWhy #4: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · no verified access record attached
5. Lac Matapédia — 139 ft max · survey depth data · Yellow Perch, Lake Trout, Brook Trout, Landlocked SalmonWhy #5: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
6. Lac Labelle — 213 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Channel CatfishWhy #6: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
7. Grand lac Squatec — 155 ft max · survey depth data · Muskellunge, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout, Brook TroutWhy #7: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
8. Lac Gagnon — 230 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Channel CatfishWhy #8: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
9. Grand lac Nominingue — 121 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow PerchWhy #9: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
10. Lac Arthur — 158 ft max · survey depth data · Lake Trout, Brook Trout, Landlocked Salmon, Lake WhitefishWhy #10: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
11. Lac aux Grandes Pointes — 197 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Lake Trout, Brook TroutWhy #11: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
12. Grand lac Touradi — 66 ft max · survey depth data · Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout, Brook TroutWhy #12: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
13. Réservoir aux Sables — 131 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Channel CatfishWhy #13: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
14. Lac Pohénégamook — 135 ft max · survey depth data · Yellow Perch, Lake Trout, Brook Trout, Landlocked SalmonWhy #14: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
15. Lac du Sourd — 160 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Channel CatfishWhy #15: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
16. Lac Saint-Joseph — 123 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Muskellunge, Yellow PerchWhy #16: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 3 public access sites
17. Lac Montjoie — 394 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Channel CatfishWhy #17: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
18. Lac du Nord-Est — 161 ft max · survey depth data · Lake Trout, Brook Trout, Landlocked Salmon, Lake WhitefishWhy #18: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
19. Lac Tousignant — 120 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake TroutWhy #19: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
20. Lac de l'Écluse — 140 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern PikeWhy #20: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
21. Lac des Sept Frères — 131 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow PerchWhy #21: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
22. Lac Simard — 180 ft max · survey depth data · Lake Trout, Brook Trout, Landlocked Salmon, Lake WhitefishWhy #22: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
23. Lac Chaud — 125 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow PerchWhy #23: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
24. Lac Laval — 224 ft max · survey depth data · Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout, Brook TroutWhy #24: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
25. Lac La Chesnaye — 149 ft max · survey depth data · Northern Pike, Striped Bass, Yellow Perch, Lake TroutWhy #25: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached

…plus 407 more Québec waters holding landlocked salmon.

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When to fish landlocked salmon in Québec

• Spring 1–15 ft — The legendary ice-out bite: salmon follow spawning smelt to tributary mouths and windblown shorelines, right on the surface.
• Summer 25–60 ft — Salmon hold just above the thermocline with the smelt schools — depth control decides the day.
• Fall 5–30 ft — Turnover scatters bait and salmon shallow; spawners stage off tributary mouths, hot-tempered and territorial.
• Winter 10–40 ft — Where winter seasons allow, salmon cruise for smelt under the ice — sewn bait near a drop is the classic set.

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