Lac du Bedon, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  In Quebec, Lac du Bedon belongs to Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean. Around the bank it is northern bush. At about 66 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. The whole outline is near 4.2 km, and most of it is walkable. On our Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean list it sits near the top for size. You are 170 km from Chute-aux-Outardes. Saguenay sits 200 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Bedon

  The records we hold are silent on depth, so plan to find it yourself. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. County-wide records name northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Fish Lac du Bedon to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between -20°C in January and 15°C in July. Winter runs most of the calendar, and everything worth doing happens in the gap. The lid usually sets by midwinter and gives way around mid May. Open water usually runs from mid May until about early November. The middle of summer slows a little, with dawn and dusk carrying it. The season on Lac du Bedon follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Access points are not mapped for this water, which suits people who like quiet. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Season dates differ by species, so read the table. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Lac Simard, 5.4 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Where Lac du Bedon is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.