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Fishing in Quebec

Click a region to explore top fishing spots, species, and local tips.

Quebec has over 500,000 lakes and thousands of rivers spanning from the St. Lawrence River to Ungava Bay. The province offers world-class brook trout fishing in the remote rivers of northern Quebec, exceptional walleye and northern pike in the Laurentian lakes, and some of the best Atlantic salmon rivers in the world on the Gaspe Peninsula and North Shore. Lake Mistassini and the vast reservoir lakes like Caniapiscau provide trophy lake trout fishing in the boreal wilderness.

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Southern Quebec & St. Lawrence

St. Lawrence River, Eastern Townships, Montreal area, walleye, bass, pike

Laurentians & Lanaudiere

Brook trout, lake trout, walleye — the classic Quebec fishing getaway

Eastern Quebec & Gaspe

Atlantic salmon rivers, Matapedia, brook trout, Gaspe Peninsula

Saguenay & Cote-Nord

Saguenay River, north shore, salmon, brook trout, Manicouagan

Abitibi & Northwest

Lake Abitibi, Gouin Reservoir, walleye, pike, lake trout, remote lakes

Far North & Nunavik

Caniapiscau, Mistassini, Arctic char, fly-in trophy fishing