Fishing Cinquieme Lac in Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec

• Overview

  Set in Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Cinquieme Lac is a Quebec water. Everything around it is lake country bush. Ground here is low by Quebec standards. Gaspé sits 22 km from the bank. Sydney sits 457 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. Near neighbours include: Quatrieme Lac 0.3 km off, Troisieme Lac at 0.4 km, Deuxieme Lac 0.7 km off, Lac Bois Franc at 0.8 km and Lac de l'Epinette Rouge 1.3 km off. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Cinquieme Lac

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Survey and observation records for Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine include Atlantic cod, American eel, Pacific cod, striped bass and alewife. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Anyone new to Cinquieme Lac should walk it once before setting up.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 16°C on average, January about -12°C. Winter puts a hard lid on this one. After early May the shallows warm and the fish move up. Ice clears near early May and comes back about late November in a typical year. Late spring and early autumn carry the year between them. Time your trip to Cinquieme Lac by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. Failing this one, try Quatrieme Lac, 0.3 km away. Check the current arrangement for Cinquieme Lac.