Fishing at Lac des Grosses Roches, Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec

• Overview

  Within Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec, you have Lac des Grosses Roches. It sits 3 km in from the sea. The water measures roughly 3 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine. The nearest place of any size is Gaspé, 71 km away. The nearest city of size is Saguenay, 434 km away. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Lac des Grosses Roches

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Open biodiversity records for Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine list Atlantic cod, American eel, Pacific cod and striped bass. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. On Lac des Grosses Roches a short move beats a long cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 16°C and January reads -13°C. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. Ice-out usually falls in early May, and the weeks after it fish hardest. On the long-run averages the water opens up around early May and starts locking again about late November. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. It holds true on Lac des Grosses Roches more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Ownership and access are not documented in what we hold. The map shows no ramp or car park nearby, so this is a walk-in water. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. For a change of water, Lac Mercier is 1.8 km distant. Where Lac des Grosses Roches is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.