Lac des Chasseurs in Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Lac des Chasseurs lies in Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec. The surroundings are mixed forest. 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. Supplies mean a trip to Gaspé, 33 km off. For a city, Sydney is 472 km off. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Lac des Chasseurs

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Open biodiversity records for Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine list American eel, striped bass, alewife, rainbow smelt and brook trout. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. On Lac des Chasseurs a short move beats a long cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 16°C on average, January about -12°C. Expect a real winter and a strong spring after it. Expect a solid lid for months and a thaw around early May. Expect the water usable from around early May until roughly late November. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. Time your trip to Lac des Chasseurs by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether the bank is open is not something our records settle. Public data shows nothing built here, so treat the whole approach as informal. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Take the rules with you rather than trusting memory. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. Lac a l'Orignal, 0.5 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing on Lac des Chasseurs should be assumed from this page alone.