Lac Metutikwanish, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Look for Lac Metutikwanish in Nord-du-Québec, Quebec. The water sits 208 metres up. About 1.32 sq km, so local knowledge or a boat saves a lot of walking. At about 6.3 km of edge, most people work one arm at a time. Ground here is low by Quebec standards. Some 118 km away sits Waskaganish, the nearest settlement. Beyond it, Matagami at 195 km and Waswanipi at 204 km. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac Metutikwanish

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Across Nord-du-Québec, recorded fish include Arctic charr, brook trout, lake trout and lake whitefish. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. Read Lac Metutikwanish before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 16°C; the cold one sits at -20°C. Everything is compressed into the middle of the year. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly early May. The season between ice runs from about early May to mid November. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. It sets the rhythm of the year at Lac Metutikwanish.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Lac Kamichisuchistunuch sits 10 km off and takes the overflow. Treat Lac Metutikwanish as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.