Lac Travers Fishing near Saint-Fulgence, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Travers is a Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean water, Quebec side. It lies 196 metres above sea level. The water measures roughly 7 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. It lies lower than most water we list in Quebec. Some 7 km away sits Saint-Fulgence, the nearest settlement. For a city, Saguenay is 18 km off. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lac Travers

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Records held for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean cover 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. Lac Travers fishes better once you know its edges.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from -17°C in January up to 17°C in July. The year runs cold to warm and back, with clear transitions. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around early May. The water is typically free of ice between early May and late November. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. Time your trip to Lac Travers by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. A pier 1.2 km from here gives a platform over deeper water. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. For a change of water, Lac du Bedeau is 0.6 km distant. Check the position at Lac Travers before loading the car.