Lac Beaumat Fishing near Normandin, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Beaumat sits within Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean in Quebec. The water sits 262 metres up. It covers about 4 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Normandin lies 21 km from the water. Beyond it, Albanel at 28 km and Saint-Félicien at 31 km. More in the same country: Lac Adinfer a touch under 0.6 km, Lac Boisset about 0.8 km, Lac a la Carpe a touch under 1 km, Lac Guibor about 1 km and Lac Salva a touch under 1.3 km. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Lac Beaumat

  Our records hold no depth for this water. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Across Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, recorded fish include northern pike, Atlantic salmon and lake whitefish. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. Lac Beaumat repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warmest month averages 17°C, the coldest about -18°C. This far north the hard season runs and runs. Count the season from break-up, usually early May. Averages suggest open water from about early May through to roughly mid November. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. The season on Lac Beaumat follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. For a change of water, Lac Adinfer is 0.6 km distant. For Lac Beaumat in particular, ask before you travel.