Lac Beaudry, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Set in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Lac Beaudry is a Quebec water. The ground around here is pine and birch. At 18.84 sq km you are fishing a fraction of it whatever you do. Few waters listed in Abitibi-Témiscamingue are bigger. Nearest place of any size is Saint-Isidore, 44 km away. It is 209 km to Greater Sudbury, the nearest city. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Lac Beaudry

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Records held for Abitibi-Témiscamingue cover northern pike, yellow perch, walleye, white sucker and brown bullhead. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. On Lac Beaudry the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 17°C and January about -16°C. Seasons are distinct, and each one fishes differently. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from early May. The lid tends to go about early May and return around late November. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. Time your trip to Lac Beaudry by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. For a change of water, Lac a la Melasse is 5.2 km distant. Ask locally about Lac Beaudry if anything is unclear.