Fishing Petit lac Beaven in Laurentides, Quebec

• Overview

  Petit lac Beaven belongs to Laurentides, Quebec. The country here is mixed forest. Surface area runs to about 8 hectares — small enough to read in one session. It is low-lying compared with other Quebec water we list. Saint-Adolphe-d'Howard sits 21 km from here and is the nearest stop. Beyond it, La Conception at 22 km and Lac-Simon at 24 km. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Petit lac Beaven

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. 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. Fish documented in Laurentides include pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass and yellow perch. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. On Petit lac Beaven the quiet end is the one worth the extra effort.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs -13°C to 19°C. The year splits cleanly: hard water, then open water. Ice-out usually falls in late April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. In an average year the thaw lands around late April and the freeze near early December. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. The season on Petit lac Beaven follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. 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. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. For a change of water, Lac Beaven is 3.3 km distant. Check the position at Petit lac Beaven before loading the car.