Lac du Butor in Laurentides: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  This water sits in Laurentides, Quebec. The surface lies 381 metres up. A splashy cast here empties the swim; a quiet one owns it. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Laurentides. Ferme-Neuve is the closest place, 90 km off. Beyond it, Manawan at 91 km and Mont-Laurier at 107 km. No border sits close enough to matter. Counting the whole county, there are hundreds.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Butor

  Depth is unmeasured here, so let the shoreline guide you. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Across Laurentides, recorded fish include pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass and yellow perch. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. At Lac du Butor the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 17°C and January reads -17°C. Everything is compressed into the middle of the year. After early May the shallows warm and the fish move up. Ice usually gives way near early May, and forms again about mid November. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. Expect Lac du Butor to follow that timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. Mapping shows no built access close by; expect to walk in from wherever you can leave the car. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Look for a notice board at the entrance. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. For a change of water, Lac de l'Iris is 0.7 km distant. None of that is settled for Lac du Butor in what we hold.