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Best landlocked salmon lakes in Québec

439 Québec waters list landlocked salmon (official records or labelled estimates), 438 mapped with survey or official-chart depth data. Ranked below by size and depth-data quality, leading with the waters in our reviewed search catalog — 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 · real survey depth contours · Muskellunge, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout, Brook TroutWhy #1: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
2. Grand lac Saint-François — 130 ft max · real survey depth contours · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Rainbow TroutWhy #2: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 7 public access sites
3. Lac Kénogami — 336 ft max · real survey depth contours · Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Brook Trout, Landlocked SalmonWhy #3: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
4. Lac Long — 80 ft max · real survey depth contours · Muskellunge, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout, Brook TroutWhy #4: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
5. Lac Matapédia — 139 ft max · real survey depth contours · 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 Mégantic — 248 ft max · real survey depth contours · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Rainbow TroutWhy #6: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 2 public access sites
7. Réservoir Kiamika — 459 ft max · real survey depth contours · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow PerchWhy #7: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
8. Lac Memphrémagog — 330 ft max · real survey depth contours · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern PikeWhy #8: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 9 public access sites
9. Lac Labelle — 213 ft max · real survey depth contours · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Channel CatfishWhy #9: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
10. Grand lac Squatec — 155 ft max · real survey depth contours · Muskellunge, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout, Brook TroutWhy #10: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
11. Lac Gagnon — 230 ft max · real survey depth contours · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Channel CatfishWhy #11: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
12. Lac Tremblant — 321 ft max · real survey depth contours · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Channel CatfishWhy #12: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
13. Grand lac Nominingue — 121 ft max · real survey depth contours · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow PerchWhy #13: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
14. Grand lac du Cerf — 459 ft max · real survey depth contours · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Channel CatfishWhy #14: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
15. Lac Arthur — 158 ft max · real survey depth contours · Lake Trout, Brook Trout, Landlocked Salmon, Lake WhitefishWhy #15: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
16. Lac aux Grandes Pointes — 197 ft max · real survey depth contours · Walleye, Northern Pike, Lake Trout, Brook TroutWhy #16: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
17. Grand lac Touradi — 66 ft max · real survey depth contours · Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout, Brook TroutWhy #17: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
18. Réservoir aux Sables — 131 ft max · real survey depth contours · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Channel CatfishWhy #18: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
19. Lac Pohénégamook — 135 ft max · real survey depth contours · Yellow Perch, Lake Trout, Brook Trout, Landlocked SalmonWhy #19: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
20. Lac du Sourd — 160 ft max · real survey depth contours · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Channel CatfishWhy #20: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
21. Lac Saint-Joseph — 123 ft max · real survey depth contours · Walleye, Northern Pike, Muskellunge, Yellow PerchWhy #21: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 3 public access sites
22. Lac Magog — 63 ft max · real survey depth contours · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern PikeWhy #22: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 6 public access sites
23. Lac Montjoie — 394 ft max · real survey depth contours · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Channel CatfishWhy #23: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
24. Lac du Nord-Est — 161 ft max · real survey depth contours · Lake Trout, Brook Trout, Landlocked Salmon, Lake WhitefishWhy #24: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
25. Lac Tousignant — 120 ft max · real survey depth contours · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake TroutWhy #25: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached

…plus 414 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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