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Best yellow perch lakes in Québec

1856 Québec waters hold yellow perch, 1856 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 premier eating panfish. Roams soft-bottom flats and weed edges in schools — a daytime biter.

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 Preissac — 54 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
12. Lac des Commissaires — 150 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout
13. Lac Long — 80 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout
14. Lac Jean-Peré — 100 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout
15. Lac Matapédia — 139 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout
16. Lac Byrd — 131 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout
17. Lac Cawasachouane — 98 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout
18. Lac Canimina — 98 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout
19. Grand lac Bostonnais — 70 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout
20. Lac Mégantic — 248 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout
21. Lac Aylmer — 110 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout
22. Réservoir Kiamika — 459 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout
23. Lac Massawippi — 279 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Northern Pike, Bluegill, Yellow Perch
24. Lac Saint-Amour — 164 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout
25. Lac De Montigny — 15 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch

…plus 1831 more Québec waters holding yellow perch.

When to fish yellow perch in Québec

• Spring 3–12 ft — Spawning runs to shallow weeds and gravel — find the school, stay on it.
• Summer 10–30 ft — Schools slide deeper to soft-bottom flats and deep weedlines.
• Fall 12–35 ft — Jumbo perch pod up on deep basin flats feeding on invertebrates.
• Winter 15–35 ft — A premier ice-fishing target — deep mud flats, small jigs.

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