Lac Savane Fishing near Saint-Honoré, Quebec

• Overview

  The Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean end of Quebec holds Lac Savane. Tidal water begins 22 km from here. At 2 hectares it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. Our Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean list holds plenty of bigger water. Saint-Honoré is the closest place, 14 km off. The nearest city of size is Saguenay, 27 km away. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Lac Savane

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Species logged across Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean include northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. The shape of Lac Savane decides where the fish sit.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from -18°C in January up to 17°C in July. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. After early May the shallows warm and the fish move up. Average temperatures cross freezing around early May in spring and again near mid November in autumn. The first weeks of open water and the last are the ones to plan for. Plan around that when you fish Lac Savane.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. Formal access is not mapped, so the last stretch is likely on foot. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. For a change of water, Petit lac de la Roche is 0.9 km distant. Treat Lac Savane as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.