Fishing Lac Beland in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Beland is one of the Abitibi-Témiscamingue waters in Quebec. The water sits 298 metres up. It runs to roughly 23 hectares — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. Roughly 2.4 km of bank means you can walk to a fresh area when one goes quiet. Nearest town is Val-d'Or, 15 km off. Greater Sudbury sits 314 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lac Beland

  Depth here is unknown, so count the lead down before committing. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Fish documented in Abitibi-Témiscamingue include northern pike, yellow perch, walleye and white sucker. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. The near bank of Lac Beland is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July to average close to 17°C, with January the cold end at about -17°C. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. Break-up comes around early May, and the run that follows is short and strong. Break-up near early May, freeze-up near mid November: that is the shape of an average year. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. On Lac Beland the same rules apply, with local timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Season dates differ by species, so read the table. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. The nearest alternative is Lac des Soeurs, 4.4 km out. What applies at Lac Beland may have changed since it was mapped.