Fishing Lac Crutch in Outaouais, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Crutch is one of the Outaouais listings for Quebec. Country round the bank runs to lake country bush. Surface area runs to roughly 1.27 sq km, so plan for one area rather than the whole. Around 9.2 km of bank, which is a long day on foot. It ranks high for size among our Outaouais listings. Some 12 km away sits Deep River, the nearest settlement. Chalk River follows at 22 km, then Petawawa at 39 km. Local rules may differ a few miles either side of here.

• Where to Fish on Lac Crutch

  Our records hold no depth for this water. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Survey and observation records for Outaouais include pumpkinseed, yellow perch and smallmouth bass. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. On Lac Crutch the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 18°C on average, January about -14°C. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. Break-up comes around late April, and the run that follows is short and strong. The season between ice runs from about late April to late November. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. On Lac Crutch that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Access is unmapped, which usually means a farm track and a walk. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Check whether a boat is allowed before you tow one. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Failing this one, try Lac Fleury, 1.1 km away. Confirm before you fish Lac Crutch.