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Best sauger lakes in Québec

94 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 PerchWhy #1: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 2 public access sites
2. Lake Timiskaming — 70 ft max · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Sauger, Northern PikeWhy #2: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 1 public access site
3. Lac Lemoine — 169 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Sauger, Northern Pike, Yellow PerchWhy #3: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
4. Lac Opasatica — 197 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Sauger, Northern PikeWhy #4: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 2 public access sites
5. Lac Preissac — 54 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Sauger, Northern Pike, Yellow PerchWhy #5: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
6. Lac Jean-Peré — 100 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Sauger, Northern Pike, Yellow PerchWhy #6: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
7. Lac Byrd — 131 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Sauger, Northern Pike, Yellow PerchWhy #7: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
8. Lac Cawasachouane — 98 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Sauger, Northern Pike, Yellow PerchWhy #8: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
9. Lac Canimina — 98 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Sauger, Northern Pike, Yellow PerchWhy #9: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
10. Lac De Montigny — 15 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Sauger, Northern Pike, Yellow PerchWhy #10: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
11. Lac Antostagan — 120 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Sauger, Northern Pike, Yellow PerchWhy #11: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 2 public access sites
12. Lac Saint-Amour — 164 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Sauger, Northern Pike, Yellow PerchWhy #12: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
13. Lac Kondiaronk — 115 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Sauger, Northern Pike, Yellow PerchWhy #13: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
14. Lac Dufault — 63 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Sauger, Northern Pike, Yellow PerchWhy #14: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
15. Lac Grand — 160 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Sauger, Northern Pike, Yellow PerchWhy #15: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
16. Lac des Baies — 164 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Sauger, Northern Pike, Yellow PerchWhy #16: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
17. Lac Gaotanaga — 108 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Sauger, Northern Pike, Yellow PerchWhy #17: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
18. Lac des Neuf Milles — 80 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Sauger, Northern Pike, Yellow PerchWhy #18: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
19. Lac Carrière — 66 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Sauger, Northern Pike, Yellow PerchWhy #19: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
20. Lac Granet — 41 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Sauger, Northern Pike, Yellow PerchWhy #20: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
21. Lac Obikickikak — 53 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Sauger, Northern Pike, Yellow PerchWhy #21: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
22. Lac de l'Orignal — 128 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Sauger, Northern Pike, Yellow PerchWhy #22: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
23. Lac Chartier — 108 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Sauger, Northern Pike, Yellow PerchWhy #23: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
24. Lac Larive — 80 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Sauger, Northern Pike, Yellow PerchWhy #24: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
25. Lac Larouche — 60 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Sauger, Northern Pike, Yellow PerchWhy #25: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site

…plus 69 more Québec waters holding sauger.

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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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