Fishing at Lac Bona-Dufour, Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec

• Overview

  Set in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Lac Bona-Dufour is a Quebec water. The bank is 382 metres above sea level. At about 17 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. Bank access stretches around 1.8 km in total. Supplies mean a trip to Normandin, 80 km off. Albanel lies 82 km off, Dolbeau-Mistassini another 96 km. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Lac Bona-Dufour

  We hold no depth figure for this one. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Public occurrence data for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean names northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish. At least one recorded species is protected in parts of its range; read the local rules before targeting anything. Lac Bona-Dufour gives up its fish to patience rather than distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 16°C, while January sits near -19°C. The season is measured in weeks rather than months. Once it clears, about early May, the fishing comes on quickly. Ice clears near early May and comes back about mid November in a typical year. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. The season on Lac Bona-Dufour follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether the bank is open is not something our records settle. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Lac Lavoine sits 0.8 km off and takes the overflow. Check the position on Lac Bona-Dufour before loading the car.