Lac Travers Fishing near Saint-Ambroise, Quebec

• Overview

  Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean in Quebec is where Lac Travers sits. It stands 191 metres above sea level. It covers about 6 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. It is low-lying compared with other Quebec water we list. Saint-Ambroise is the closest town at 15 km. Saguenay is the closest city, 34 km away. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Lac Travers

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Public occurrence data for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean names 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. On Lac Travers a short move beats a long cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs -18°C to 17°C. The fishing year opens late and shuts early. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near early May. The lid tends to go about early May and return around mid November. From the thaw to midsummer the fishing improves week by week. Lac Travers fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether the bank is open is not something our records settle. Access is unmapped, which usually means a farm track and a walk. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Check whether a boat is allowed before you tow one. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Lac le Loup sits 0.3 km off and takes the overflow. None of that is settled for Lac Travers in what we hold.