Fishing at Beaver Pond, Estrie, Quebec

• Overview

  Beaver Pond lies in Estrie, Quebec. The ground around here is rolling bush. It runs to roughly 16 hectares — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. A shoreline of some 1.6 km keeps the choices simple. Stanstead sits 12 km from the bank. Coaticook is 18 km and Ayer's Cliff 20 km. It sits near the edge of the county, so check which rules apply.

• Where to Fish on Beaver Pond

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Survey and observation records for Estrie include rainbow trout, white sucker and pumpkinseed. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. The shape of Beaver Pond decides where the fish sit.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about -11°C and July at about 18°C, the water has a wide range to work through. A full turn of seasons, with the strongest sport on either side of summer. Once it clears, about mid April, the fishing comes on quickly. Ice usually gives way near mid April, and forms again about early December. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. Anyone fishing Beaver Pond regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. The nearest mapped parking is 1.5 km away, so the last stretch is on foot. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Should this one be busy, Duck Pond is 0.9 km off. Rules at Beaver Pond are worth checking on the day.