Lac Jutras Fishing in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec

• Overview

  Look for Lac Jutras in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue part of Quebec. Everything around it is spruce and muskeg. At 2.10 sq km this is proper open water rather than a pond. The outline measures near 10.0 km, so local knowledge counts. It is among the larger waters listed here for Abitibi-Témiscamingue. Senneterre lies 105 km from the water. After that come Leblanc at 111 km and Lebel-sur-Quévillon at 125 km. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Lac Jutras

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Across Abitibi-Témiscamingue, recorded fish include northern pike, yellow perch, walleye, white sucker and brown bullhead. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Work Lac Jutras in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 16°C, while January sits near -18°C. Water stays cold even at the height of the year. Count the season from break-up, usually early May. Ice clears near early May and comes back about mid November in a typical year. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. That is the shape of the year on Lac Jutras.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. Lac Lanrezac at 2.4 km is the sensible second choice. Signs at Lac Jutras carry more weight than any list.