Lac des Sauts Fishing in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac des Sauts stands in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec. What surrounds it is spruce and muskeg. The water covers some 47 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. Some 5.4 km of bank gives room to move when the wind turns. On our Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean list it sits near the top for size. Saint-Honoré is the closest town at 100 km. Saint-Fulgence is 104 km and Labrecque 105 km. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Lac des Sauts

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Reported across Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean: northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. Fish Lac des Sauts to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 16°C, while January sits near -19°C. This is a two-season water: locked, then wide open. Once it clears, about early May, the fishing comes on quickly. The water is typically free of ice between early May and mid November. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Lac des Sauts fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Nothing is mapped in the way of a ramp or car park within a short radius. A wire trace and a big bright lure handle the pike; deep water asks for a heavier spoon. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. For a change of water, Lac de la Goutte is 3.8 km distant. For Lac des Sauts in particular, ask before you travel.