Lac Benoit, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  The Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean end of Quebec holds Lac Benoit. It sits at 394 metres above sea level. Supplies mean a trip to Labrecque, 26 km off. Saint-Ambroise is 30 km and L'Ascension-de-Notre-Seigneur 32 km. Others close at hand: Lac Jeannot about 1 km, Lac Ti-Be just 1.3 km, Lac en Coeur about 1.4 km, Lac Meride just 1.5 km and Lac Lorenzo about 1.7 km. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Lac Benoit

  Depth figures are not published for this one. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Across Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, recorded fish 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. Take Lac Benoit a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 16°C and January reads -18°C. The window is narrow, and fish feed hard while it lasts. The lid usually goes in early May, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. The lid tends to go about early May and return around mid November. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. Time your trip to Lac Benoit by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Lac Jeannot sits 1 km off and takes the overflow. Check the current arrangement for Lac Benoit.