Fishing near Montréal, Quebec

Montréal sits on an island at the confluence of the St. Lawrence and Ottawa rivers, putting serious freshwater fishing within minutes of downtown. The St. Lawrence corridor — including Lac Saint-Louis and Lac Saint-Pierre — is regarded as some of the best smallmouth bass water in eastern Canada, while the same system produces walleye, northern pike, muskellunge, sturgeon, channel catfish, and carp. The Rivière des Prairies, Rivière des Mille Îles, and the Ottawa River (Outaouais) round out a dense network of accessible fishable water that few major cities can match.