Lac du Butor in Abitibi-Témiscamingue: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Lac du Butor sits within Abitibi-Témiscamingue in Quebec. Height above sea level is 342 metres. At 4 hectares it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. It is a small entry by Abitibi-Témiscamingue standards. The closest town, Val-d'Or, is 70 km away. Malartic is 82 km and Senneterre 107 km. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Butor

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Public occurrence data for Abitibi-Témiscamingue names northern pike, yellow perch and walleye. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. The shape of Lac du Butor rewards a slow walk along one bank.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 17°C in July and bottoms out near -15°C in January. The year splits cleanly: hard water, then open water. Expect a solid lid for months and a thaw around early May. Climate averages put the opening at about early May and the closing near late November. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. Plan any trip to Lac du Butor around it.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. A wire trace and a big bright lure handle the pike; deep water asks for a heavier spoon. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. For a change of water, Lac Flocon is 0.4 km distant. Confirm before you fish Lac du Butor.