Lac Bontron, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Lac Bontron is one of the Nord-du-Québec waters in Quebec. What surrounds it is taiga. At about 21 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. Shoreline comes to about 3.3 km, small enough to learn in a day. Our Nord-du-Québec list holds plenty of bigger water. Some 56 km away sits Chibougamau, the nearest settlement. Mistissini lies 67 km off, Chapais another 91 km. No boundary runs near, so the local rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lac Bontron

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Records held for Nord-du-Québec cover Arctic charr, brook trout, lake trout, lake whitefish and cisco. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. The near bank of Lac Bontron is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 16°C; the cold one sits at -20°C. Open water is the exception rather than the rule here. Expect a solid lid for months and a thaw around early May. Climate averages put the opening at about early May and the closing near mid November. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. The season on Lac Bontron rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. Light line and small metal for the trout; a fly rod earns its place on calm evenings. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Lac Pyrrha sits 1.6 km off and takes the overflow. Confirm before you fish Lac Bontron.