Lac Bonny Fishing Guide, Laurentides, Quebec

• Overview

  The Laurentides entry here is Lac Bonny, in Quebec. Height above sea level is 347 metres. Small at around 7 hectares: two anglers spread out cover most of it. Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson lies 6.3 km from the water. Val-David follows at 11 km, then Val-Morin at 12 km. Alternatives close at hand: Lac Marier 0.5 km away, Lac Guenette (0.5 km), Lac Creux 1.1 km away, Lac Trente-Cinq (1.2 km) and Lac du Serpent 1.6 km away. It sits near the edge of the county, so check which rules apply.

• Where to Fish on Lac Bonny

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Open biodiversity records for Laurentides list pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, brook trout and rock bass. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Anyone new to Lac Bonny should walk it once before setting up.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 18°C in July and bottoms out near -14°C in January. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from late April. Open water usually runs from late April until about late November. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. Lac Bonny runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. Formal access is not mapped, so the last stretch is likely on foot. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. The nearest alternative is Lac Marier, 0.5 km out. Nothing here settles the position at Lac Bonny for certain.