Lac du Butor Fishing Guide, Laurentides, Quebec

• Overview

  You will find Lac du Butor in Laurentides, Quebec. It lies 221 metres above sea level. At about 51 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. About 4.4 km of bank, so nothing stays unexplored for long. On our Laurentides list it sits near the top for size. The closest town, Ferme-Neuve, is 35 km away. Mont-Laurier follows at 51 km, then Saint-Boniface at 65 km. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Butor

  Our records hold no depth for this water. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Laurentides records list pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch and brook trout among the fish reported. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. Lac du Butor gives up its fish to patience rather than distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 18°C, while January sits near -16°C. Winter puts a hard lid on this one. Expect a solid lid for months and a thaw around late April. The lid tends to go about late April and return around late November. Fishing peaks soon after break-up and again before the cold returns. Lac du Butor runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Public data shows nothing built here, so treat the whole approach as informal. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Lac la Lune sits 0.9 km off and takes the overflow. Nothing on Lac du Butor should be assumed from this page alone.