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Best lake whitefish lakes in Québec

638 Québec waters hold lake whitefish, 638 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. Cold-water bottom feeder with a cult jigging following — soft bite, hard fight, best eating in the north.

1. Grand lac Victoria — 131 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout
2. Réservoir Mitchinamecus — 154 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout
3. Lac Témiscouata — 245 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout
4. Grand lac Saint-François — 130 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout
5. Lac du Poisson Blanc — 407 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout
6. Lac Némiscachingue — 213 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout
7. Lac Kénogami — 336 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout
8. Lac Lemoine — 169 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout
9. Lac Chigoubiche — 180 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout
10. Lac Opasatica — 197 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout
11. Lac des Commissaires — 150 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout
12. Lac Long — 80 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout
13. Lac Jean-Peré — 100 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout
14. Lac Matapédia — 139 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout
15. Lac Byrd — 131 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout
16. Lac Cawasachouane — 98 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout
17. Lac Canimina — 98 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout
18. Grand lac Bostonnais — 70 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout
19. Lac Aylmer — 110 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout
20. Réservoir Kiamika — 459 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout
21. Lac Saint-Amour — 164 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout
22. Lac Pythonga — 197 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout
23. Lac Memphrémagog — 330 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout
24. Lac Labelle — 213 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout
25. Lac Antostagan — 120 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout

…plus 613 more Québec waters holding lake whitefish.

When to fish lake whitefish in Québec

• Spring 15–45 ft — Post-ice schools graze gravel shoals and hard-bottom flats for invertebrates — small jigs worked slowly.
• Summer 40–90 ft — Whitefish hold deep and cold — vertical blade baits or small spoons dragged near bottom on the deep humps.
• Fall 8–30 ft — The November spawn brings big schools onto shallow rock and gravel — the year's best shot at numbers.
• Winter 25–70 ft — An ice-jigging phenomenon — pound the bottom to raise silt, then hop a small spoon just above it.

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