Lac Bonin Fishing Guide, Laurentides, Quebec

• Overview

  The Laurentides entry here is Lac Bonin, in Quebec. The water sits 265 metres up. About 7 hectares of surface, which puts the far bank inside easy sight. For a base, Mont-Laurier sits 23 km out. The nearest city of size is Orléans, 100 km away. Alternatives close at hand: Lac Coulon just 1.3 km, Lac Saintare within 1.4 km, Lac Yelle just 1.4 km, Lac Neau within 1.6 km and Lac Ur just 1.7 km. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Lac Bonin

  We hold no depth figure for this one. 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. Public occurrence data for Laurentides names pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, brook trout and rock bass. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. Lac Bonin gives up its fish to patience rather than distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 18°C at the top of summer and -14°C at the bottom of winter. Fishing here follows the temperature more than the calendar. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about late April. The open-water window runs from around late April to about late November in an average year. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. On Lac Bonin that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  Ownership and access are not documented in what we hold. There is no recorded infrastructure here; expect to find your own way in. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Failing this one, try Lac Coulon, 1.3 km away. Nothing here settles the position at Lac Bonin for certain.