Fishing at Lac Beausejour, Lanaudière, Quebec

• Overview

  You will find Lac Beausejour in Lanaudière, Quebec. It sits in rolling bush country. Start from Saint-Michel-des-Saints, 6.8 km down the road. After that come Saint-Donat-de-Montcalm at 40 km and Sainte-Béatrix at 52 km. Nearby, in order: Lac a Dessureault about 0.7 km, Lac Carre out at 1 km, Lacdu Trefle about 1.9 km, Petit lac aux Pierres out at 2.3 km and Petit lac du Trefle about 2.4 km. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Lac Beausejour

  Nothing we hold settles how deep this runs. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Across Lanaudière, recorded fish include pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass and yellow perch. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. The near bank of Lac Beausejour is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 17°C in July and bottom out at -15°C in January. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. Ice-out usually falls in late April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Averages suggest open water from about late April through to roughly late November. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. Lac Beausejour runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. Lac a Dessureault at 0.7 km is the sensible second choice. For Lac Beausejour, the notice at the access point is the final word.