Lac Bedechan in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean in Quebec is where Lac Bedechan sits. Taiga runs right down to the water. 84 km away sits Normandin, the nearest town. Saguenay sits 201 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. If this one is busy: Lac des Becasseaux at 0.7 km, Lac Compin (0.7 km), Lac Coulon at 0.8 km, Lac Surville (1 km) and Lac Flee at 1.4 km. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lac Bedechan

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. 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. Survey and observation records for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean include northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. Fish Lac Bedechan where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 16°C for July and -18°C for January. Water stays cold even at the height of the year. The lid usually goes in early May, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Average temperatures cross freezing around early May in spring and again near mid November in autumn. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. Lac Bedechan runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. Access points are not mapped for this water, which suits people who like quiet. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Lac des Becasseaux, 0.7 km away, makes the obvious fallback. What applies at Lac Bedechan may have changed since it was mapped.