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Sport fishing in Québec
Fishing periods, limits and exceptions

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For fishing periods, limits and exceptions for the site where you want to fish, use the interactive map or search filters below.

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Use the search filters to target the fishing zone and the body of water where you want to fish (to know your fishing zone, consult the interactive map).

For information on current fishing periods, limits and exceptions:

  1. Select the fishing zone.
  2. Check whether the body of water you are searching for is on the "Bodies of Water – Regulatory Exceptions" list.

If the body of water you are looking for is not on the proposed list, it is because the applicable rules are the same as those of the zone.

To know the general rules for one fishing zone, consult this Fishing zones page.

To know the changes that occur during the season, consult our "News page".

IMPORTANT: catch limits and fishing periods that apply in wildlife territories may differ from those mentioned here. In these cases, you will be informed on the spot. Make sure you understand the different limits.

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Fishing periods, limits and exceptions for zone 28

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Bodies of water – Regulatory exceptions

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CollapseLake Saint-Jean the waters encircled by Highways 169, 170 and 373 [except for the stretch of the rivière Mistassini between the Highway 169 bridge and a straight line perpendicular to the current connecting the point 48°52'55,5'' N., 72°13'24'' W. and the point 48°53'9,4'' N., 72°13'29,7'' W. passing through the downstream tip of the largest of the two islands immediately downstream of this bridge (Lepage island)and portions of the Grande Décharge and Petite Décharge rivers between the bridges on Route 169 and the Isle-Maligne dam and the retention structures of Lac Saint-Jean.
 CollapsePeriodFrom May 1st, 2026 to September 15th, 2026 poisson
  
Landlocked salmon
2 Angling only 
 CollapsePeriodFrom June 1st, 2026 to September 30th, 2026
  
Burbot
no limit   
  
Walleye and sauger
10 in all47 cm and lessAngling only 
 CollapsePeriodFrom December 20th, 2026 to March 31st, 2027
  
Burbot
no limit  If you hold a monkfish fishing license, it is allowed to fish with a maximum of two night lines tagged like prescribed in the Quebec Fishery Regulations with no more than 10 hooks each, all resting continuously on the bottom in the water
  
Landlocked salmon
2 Angling only 
  
Walleye and sauger
10 in all47 cm and lessAngling only 
 CollapsePeriodFrom June 1st, 2026 to September 30th, 2026- Other species
  same as the zone   
 CollapsePeriodFrom December 20th, 2026 to March 31st, 2027- Other species
  same as the zone