Fishing Lac Samare in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Samare falls in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, part of Quebec. It lies 673 metres above sea level. Small at around 9 hectares: two anglers spread out cover most of it. It sits higher than most water we list in Quebec. Saint-Fulgence lies 48 km from the water. Saint-Honoré is 52 km away, with La Baie at 58 km. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Lac Samare

  We hold no depth figure for this one. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Open biodiversity records for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean list northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Read Lac Samare for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July to average close to 15°C, with January the cold end at about -19°C. Little of the calendar is open water, so timing counts for everything. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly mid May. Open water usually runs from mid May until about early November. Fishing peaks soon after break-up and again before the cold returns. At Lac Samare the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Failing this one, try Lac de la Cabane, 0.6 km away. Nothing here settles the position at Lac Samare for certain.