Ice fishing village is all wet as thaw delays beloved winter tradition in Ste-Anne-de-la-Pérade, Que

Ice fishing village is all wet as thaw delays beloved winter tradition in Ste-Anne-de-la-Pérade, Que

Source: CBC News

12/31/2023

Credit: Hadi Hassin/Radio-Canada

By this time of year, Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade, Que., is usually teeming with thousands of visitors eager to angle for tomcod — a fish, also known as tommycod, that swims upstream from the St. Lawrence River estuary every winter.

But this year's ice fishing season is lacking a key element: Ice.

"This 86th edition will be very short," said Steve Massicotte, president of the Sainte-Anne river outfitters association.

"We hope to open around mid-January."

St. Lawrence River

Atlantic Tomcod

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