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Best rainbow trout lakes in Québec

505 Québec waters hold rainbow trout, 505 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 classic stocked cold-water trout. Depth is everything: rainbows follow the temperature layer they like.

1. Grand lac Saint-François — 130 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout
2. Lac du Poisson Blanc — 407 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike
3. Lac Opasatica — 197 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Sauger, Northern Pike
4. Lac Mégantic — 248 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout
5. Lac Aylmer — 110 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout
6. Lac Massawippi — 279 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike
7. Lac Pythonga — 197 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Channel Catfish
8. Lac Memphrémagog — 330 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike
9. Lac Labelle — 213 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Channel Catfish
10. Lac Gagnon — 230 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Channel Catfish
11. Lac Pemichangan — 164 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike
12. Lac Simon — 360 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike
13. Grand lac du Cerf — 459 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Channel Catfish
14. Lac Blue Sea — 196 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Channel Catfish
15. Lac Brome — 42 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike
16. Réservoir aux Sables — 131 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Channel Catfish
17. Lac du Sourd — 160 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Channel Catfish
18. Lac Magog — 63 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike
19. Lac Heney — 107 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike
20. Lac Cayamant — 195 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike
21. Lac des Écorces — 164 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike
22. Lac Bowker — 204 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike
23. Lac de l'Écluse — 140 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike
24. Lac Manitou — 72 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Crappie
25. Lac des Mauves — 200 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Channel Catfish

…plus 480 more Québec waters holding rainbow trout.

When to fish rainbow trout in Québec

• Spring 5–20 ft — Post-ice-out trout roam shallow; fish inflows and windblown shorelines.
• Summer 8–30 ft — Rainbows hold near cold inflows, current seams and the thermocline — find the cool water and you've found the fish.
• Fall 10–35 ft — Fall feeding on rock shoals, current and channel edges as water cools.
• Winter 8–40 ft — Trout are comfortable in cold water — one of the best winter targets; streams and tailwaters fish shallow, deep lakes hold on basin edges.

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