Lac Beauvais Fishing in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Beauvais lies in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, in Quebec. It sits at 519 metres above sea level. Surface area runs to about 8 hectares — small enough to read in one session. Compared with other Quebec water on our list, it sits high. The town to know is Saint-Félicien, 40 km out. Normandin is 45 km away, with Saint-Prime at 48 km. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Lac Beauvais

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Species logged across Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean include northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Lac Beauvais gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 16°C and January reads -18°C. The fishing year opens late and shuts early. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about early May. Ice usually gives way near early May, and forms again about mid November. June through September is the settled part of the year, with the shoulders busier for fish. Time your trip to Lac Beauvais by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. There is no recorded infrastructure here; expect to find your own way in. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Lac Lucien at 0.8 km is the sensible second choice. Rules at Lac Beauvais are worth checking on the day.