Lac Nutt in Laurentides: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Lac Nutt sits within Laurentides in Quebec. Elevation runs to 392 metres. Surface area runs to about 6 hectares — small enough to read in one session. Head to Ferme-Neuve, 62 km away, for anything you forgot. Further out sit Saint-Boniface (67 km) and Mont-Laurier (73 km). If this one is busy: Lac Fanal out at 1.3 km, Lac Lucille just 4.5 km, Lac Grimes out at 5 km, Lac du Merle just 5 km and Lac Ives out at 5.3 km. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac Nutt

  We hold no depth figure for this one. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Reported across Laurentides: pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch and brook trout. The list covers the county rather than this water alone, so treat it as a guide. Lac Nutt fishes better once you know its edges.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July to average close to 17°C, with January the cold end at about -17°C. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer and winter test it. The lid usually goes in early May, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Average temperatures cross freezing around early May in spring and again near late November in autumn. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. Anyone fishing Lac Nutt regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. Nothing built is recorded close to the bank here. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. The nearest alternative is Lac Fanal, 1.3 km out. Confirm before you fish Lac Nutt.