Lac Bedard Fishing Guide, Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Bedard is a Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean water, in Quebec. It sits in taiga. The water covers some 10 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. Around 2.2 km of margin, front to back. Normandin lies 87 km from the water. For a city, Saguenay is 204 km off. Others close at hand: Lac Janis 1.1 km, Lac Turgeon within 1.5 km, Lac Aristee 1.6 km, Lac Obies within 2 km and Lac Granes 2.2 km. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Lac Bedard

  Depth is unknown to us, and the shoreline is the better guide. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. County-wide records name 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 Bedard gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs -18°C to 16°C. Everything is compressed into the middle of the year. Expect a solid lid for months and a thaw around early May. Ice usually gives way near early May, and forms again about mid November. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. It holds true on Lac Bedard more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Nothing is mapped in the way of a ramp or car park within a short radius. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Lac Janis, 1.1 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing here settles the position at Lac Bedard for certain.