Lac Carruthers Fishing in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec

• Overview

  Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, is where Lac Carruthers sits. It sits at 366 metres above sea level. At 1.74 sq km this is proper open water rather than a pond. Some 10 km of bank gives room to move when the wind turns. Size puts it in the front rank of our Abitibi-Témiscamingue list. Senneterre sits 99 km from the bank. The big place round here is Gatineau, 261 km distant. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Lac Carruthers

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Survey and observation records for Abitibi-Témiscamingue include northern pike, yellow perch and walleye. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. Lac Carruthers repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 17°C in July and bottom out at -18°C in January. Open water arrives late and leaves early, which concentrates the fishing. Ice-out usually falls in early May, and the weeks after it fish hardest. The season between ice runs from about early May to mid November. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. Plan any trip to Lac Carruthers around it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. A wire trace and a big bright lure handle the pike; deep water asks for a heavier spoon. Season dates differ by species, so read the table. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Lac Reims, 1.9 km away, makes the obvious fallback. The position on Lac Carruthers is worth confirming on the day.