Lacs Tessier near Saint-Raymond: Fishing Spots, Seasons and Access

• Overview

  The Capitale-Nationale end of Quebec holds Lacs Tessier. It stands 313 metres above sea level. The water covers some 32 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. It is among the larger waters listed here for Capitale-Nationale. The town to know is Saint-Raymond, 18 km out. The nearest city of size is Sainte-Foy, 60 km away. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lacs Tessier

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Open biodiversity records for Capitale-Nationale list lake sturgeon, Atlantic sturgeon, longnose sucker and sauger. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. On Lacs Tessier that means starting tight and working out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July to average close to 18°C, with January the cold end at about -15°C. Fishing here follows the temperature more than the calendar. The lid usually goes in late April, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Break-up near late April, freeze-up near late November: that is the shape of an average year. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. Anyone fishing Lacs Tessier regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  There is no clear statement anywhere on who can fish it. There is no recorded infrastructure here; expect to find your own way in. Walleye come to jigs worked slow near bottom, and to trolled crankbaits along the drops at dusk. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Deuxieme lac Bertrand sits 1.7 km off and takes the overflow. Treat Lacs Tessier as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.