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

• Overview

  You will find Lac de la Croix in Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec. Salt water lies 7.6 km off. At 2 hectares it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine. The town to know is Gaspé, 29 km out. The nearest city of size is Sydney, 468 km away. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Lac de la Croix

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Reported across Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine: American eel, striped bass and alewife. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Lac de la Croix repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 16°C; the cold one sits at -13°C. Four clear seasons, with a proper winter at one end. Winter locks it down, and early May brings it back. Expect the water usable from around early May until roughly late November. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. On Lac de la Croix the same rules apply, with local timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. There is no mapped parking or launch close by, which usually means walking in. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Lac de la Cabane sits 0.5 km off and takes the overflow. Confirm before you fish Lac de la Croix.