As great to eat as to catch!
Cooking your fish on the shore: our best spots
Inveterate anglers know the pleasure of eating freshly caught fish cooked just a few steps away. A treat to be proud of!
To help you experience this sporting and gastronomic delight, Sépaq’s wildlife reserves offer a vast array of locations where you can set up your makeshift kitchen. We’ve taken the liberty to list a few places worth a special mention where you can enjoy your best shore lunches.

Réserve faunique des Laurentides
In addition to offering lakes filled with indigenous brook trout, Brûlé and Croche sectors of Réserve faunique des Laurentides are exceptional places for waterside dining. Their facilities for concocting a shore lunch are very popular with amateur cooks who can prepare their best family recipes. In addition to offering a great variety of cabins, these sectors are part of package deals that include a motor and an on-site guide. What a perfect place to discover all the little secrets for bringing back a dinner that can’t be beat!
Portes-de-l’Enfer and Lac des Mâles sectors also offer certain places that are especially equipped for waterfront nibbling. Stop in these little hidden corners to set up your makeshift kitchen and prepare a deliciously fishy meal.
Réserve faunique Ashuapmushuan
In addition to being renowned for its excellent quality fishing, in particular for walleye and brook trout, the vast waterways of Chigoubiche sector of Réserve faunique Ashuapmushuan are ideal locations for memorable shore lunches. After catching a slew of fish, why not stop at one of the lakeside spots especially set up so you can savour the fruits of your labour with your group of hungry anglers. Gourmets will be delighted, since the walleye from the lakes of the wildlife reserve are renowned for their nut-inflected flesh and exquisite taste.
Réserve faunique La Vérendrye
Featuring over 800 fishing-accessible lakes, Réserve faunique La Vérendrye is the quintessential water-rich wildlife reserve. So it’s not surprising that many anglers choose this destination for their lake outings. Shore-lunch enthusiasts will also be truly satisfied given the many ideal locations for this activity along most waterways of the wildlife reserve. No matter which lake you fish at, you'll be able to stop to savour your catch during the course of the day.