Lac Quaix Fishing in Capitale-Nationale, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Quaix is one of the Capitale-Nationale listings for Quebec. The surface lies 451 metres up. Surface area runs to about 2 hectares — small enough to read in one session. Most waters listed here for Capitale-Nationale are larger. Laurentides lies 18 km from the water. La Tuque is 46 km and Saint-Raymond 53 km. Not far off: Le Petit Lac 1 km, Lac Pevy within 1.2 km, Lac Sans Pain 2.4 km, Lac Couture within 2.5 km and Lac Nan 2.6 km. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Lac Quaix

  Our records carry no depth, so judge it from the bank. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Public occurrence data for Capitale-Nationale names lake sturgeon, Atlantic sturgeon, longnose sucker, sauger and channel catfish. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. Fish Lac Quaix to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is -15°C to 17°C. Winter shuts the surface down for months. Look for the thaw near early May; the fishing lifts straight after. Break-up near early May, freeze-up near mid November: that is the shape of an average year. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. Time your trip to Lac Quaix by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. Walleye come to jigs worked slow near bottom, and to trolled crankbaits along the drops at dusk. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. For a change of water, Le Petit Lac is 1 km distant. Check the position on Lac Quaix before loading the car.