Lac du Ravage in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  You will find Lac du Ravage in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec. The country here is northern bush. At 3 hectares it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. Most waters listed here for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean are larger. The nearest place of any size is Saint-Fulgence, 35 km away. The big place round here is Saguenay, 48 km distant. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Ravage

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean records list northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish among the fish reported. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. On Lac du Ravage the quiet end is the one worth the extra effort.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July to average close to 15°C, with January the cold end at about -18°C. Open water is the exception rather than the rule here. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around mid May. On the long-run averages the water opens up around mid May and starts locking again about early November. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. On Lac du Ravage that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. A wire trace and a big bright lure handle the pike; deep water asks for a heavier spoon. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Lac Raquette sits 1.2 km off and takes the overflow. Nothing on Lac du Ravage should be assumed from this page alone.