Lac Savary, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Lac Savary lies in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec. This is northern bush country. Roughly 18 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. Shoreline comes to about 2.0 km, small enough to learn in a day. You are 102 km from Pont Rouge. Dolbeau-Mistassini is 102 km and Albanel 103 km. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Lac Savary

  Open data we checked carries no depth for this water. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Species logged across Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean include northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. Read Lac Savary for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between -20°C in January and 16°C in July. The ice season is long here and the open one short. Count the season from break-up, usually early May. Ice usually gives way near early May, and forms again about mid November. The middle of summer slows a little, with dawn and dusk carrying it. It holds true on Lac Savary more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. A wire trace and a big bright lure handle the pike; deep water asks for a heavier spoon. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Failing this one, try Lac Mandin, 3 km away. Treat access at Lac Savary as something to verify.