Petit lac Benoit in Laurentides: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  This water sits in Laurentides, Quebec. The water sits 302 metres up. The closest town, Saint-Raphaël, is 38 km away. Wakefield is 38 km and Val-des-Monts 39 km. Also within reach: Grand lac Benoit 0.7 km off, 1.2 km out stands Petit lac Ramuel, Lac de Travers 1.9 km off, 1.9 km out stands Grand lac Ramuel and Lac du Poisson Blanc 2.4 km off. This one sits near enough to a boundary to be worth checking.

• Where to Fish on Petit lac Benoit

  Depth is unmeasured here, so let the shoreline guide you. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Public occurrence data for Laurentides names pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch and brook trout. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. On Petit lac Benoit the first feature you find is usually worth a session.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 19°C and January at -13°C. The season turns properly here, and fish follow it closely. The lid usually sets by midwinter and gives way around late April. Averages suggest open water from about late April through to roughly early December. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. The season on Petit lac Benoit follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. Public data shows nothing built here, so treat the whole approach as informal. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Should this one be busy, Grand lac Benoit is 0.7 km off. None of that is settled for Petit lac Benoit in what we hold.