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Best sauger lakes in Québec

93 Québec waters hold sauger, 93 mapped with real state-agency depth surveys. Ranked below by size and depth-data quality — open any water to see exactly where to fish it: depth contours, scored spots with plain-English reasons, seasonal windows and bait picks. The river-running cousin of the walleye. Built for current and muddy water — channel edges, wing dams and the deep holes below every dam.

1. Grand lac Victoria — 131 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Sauger, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
2. Lac Lemoine — 169 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Sauger, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
3. Lac Opasatica — 197 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Sauger, Northern Pike
4. Lac Preissac — 54 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Sauger, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
5. Lac Jean-Peré — 100 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Sauger, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
6. Lac Byrd — 131 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Sauger, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
7. Lac Cawasachouane — 98 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Sauger, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
8. Lac Canimina — 98 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Sauger, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
9. Lac Saint-Amour — 164 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Sauger, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
10. Lac De Montigny — 15 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Sauger, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
11. Lac Antostagan — 120 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Sauger, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
12. Lac Kondiaronk — 115 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Sauger, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
13. Lac Dufault — 63 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Sauger, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
14. Lac Grand — 160 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Sauger, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
15. Lac Carrière — 66 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Sauger, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
16. Lac des Baies — 164 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Sauger, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
17. Lac Gaotanaga — 108 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Sauger, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
18. Lac Granet — 41 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Sauger, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
19. Lac Obikickikak — 53 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Sauger, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
20. Lac de l'Orignal — 128 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Sauger, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
21. Lac Chartier — 108 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Sauger, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
22. Lac Larive — 80 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Sauger, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
23. Lac Larouche — 60 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Sauger, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
24. Lac Embarras — 160 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Sauger, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
25. Lac Nânwatinok — 72 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Sauger, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch

…plus 68 more Québec waters holding sauger.

When to fish sauger in Québec

• Spring 4–18 ft — The famous tailwater run — fish stack below dams and on gravel bars in current seams.
• Summer 10–30 ft — Main-channel ledges and deep sand/gravel flats with current.
• Fall 12–35 ft — Fish pod up tight on channel structure — find one and you've found fifty.
• Winter 15–45 ft — The deepest holes below dams hold winter sauger by the hundreds.

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