Spring Fishing in Québec

The spring version of our Québec fishing trip has come and gone. Three days of great fishing with good friends flew by all too quickly.Our trip took us to Kenauk, the 65,000 acre fish and game preserve owned by the historic Chateau Montebello hotel.  From mid day Sunday through to noon on Wednesday, we had two rainbow trout lakes to ourselves.  One of the lakes - Lac Vert (Green Lake) is noted for plentiful fish and the other Lac Sugarbush for more sizable rainbows.  This year I spent all my time at Sugarbush but the reports from Green indicate the fishing was excellent.  We didn't have anything to complain about at Sugarbush although by all accounts the fishing was generally slower.While the trip started with us fishing in shirt sleeves, Monday was cold and windy and Wednesday morning was wet - a real range of conditions.For the most part we trolled although later in the day it was possible to fish a dry fly with some success.  Sunday night there was a notable Hendrickson hatch but the other nights it seemed more likely the fish were feeding just below the surface.The chalets (one per lake) provide excellent accommodation - more than adequate for sleeping and fine dining.  Sometime too much dining.  We basically missed the mayfly hatch the first night because we were preparing for shrimp pesto.  Note to self - schedule dinner well after the hatch since you may not see one again (our case).[singlepic id=55 w=320 h=240 float=center]Although a lot of my still water fishing involves trolling, there were opportunities to fish with floating lines and dry flies.  Here Bob is landing a rainbow caught on a Humpy I think.[singlepic id=56 w=320 h=240 float=center]A couple loons call Sugarbush home and they were none too shy.  Sometimes I wondered whether they were stalking us in anticipation of dinner.[singlepic id=57 w=320 h=240 float=center]The trout we caught varied in size from probably 12 inches to a massive 27 inches.  The latter is apparently the largest caught at Sugarbush.  This one was more modest in size.  The photo is my attempt at fishing and self photography while navigating a float tube.[singlepic id=58 w=320 h=240 float=center]