Fishing Lac du Beaujolais in Nord-du-Québec, Quebec

• Overview

  Set in Nord-du-Québec, Lac du Beaujolais is a Quebec water. It lies 424 metres above sea level. Surface area is around 14 hectares, which gives you real water without needing a boat. There is roughly 2.0 km of shoreline here, which is a short walk end to end. Our Nord-du-Québec list holds plenty of bigger water. The town to know is Chibougamau, 50 km out. Then Mistissini, 72 km, and Chapais, 82 km. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Beaujolais

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Across Nord-du-Québec, recorded fish include Arctic charr, brook trout and lake trout. County data is a starting point rather than a guarantee. On Lac du Beaujolais the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 16°C; the cold one sits at -20°C. Winter runs most of the calendar, and everything worth doing happens in the gap. Ice-out usually falls in early May, and the weeks after it fish hardest. The water is typically free of ice between early May and early November. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Expect Lac du Beaujolais to follow that timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. Check whether a boat is allowed before you tow one. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. Failing this one, try Lac Larrey, 2.2 km away. Nothing here settles the position at Lac du Beaujolais for certain.