Fishing at Lac Benout, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec

• Overview

  Set in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, this is Lac Benout. The bank is 407 metres above sea level. Roughly 31 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. There is roughly 3.5 km of shoreline here, which is a short walk end to end. Lebel-sur-Quévillon sits 70 km from the bank. Further out sit Senneterre (89 km) and Waswanipi (110 km). No boundary runs near, so the local rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lac Benout

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Survey and observation records for Abitibi-Témiscamingue include northern pike, yellow perch, walleye and white sucker. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Treat Lac Benout as a water to read rather than to cover.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 16°C and January about -19°C. The window is narrow, and fish feed hard while it lasts. After early May the shallows warm and the fish move up. On the long-run averages the water opens up around early May and starts locking again about mid November. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. Lac Benout runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. For a change of water, Lac Lucille is 0.9 km distant. Treat access at Lac Benout as something to verify.