Lac Sutherland Fishing Guide, Outaouais, Quebec

• Overview

  The Outaouais end of Quebec holds Lac Sutherland. The ground round it is rolling bush. The water measures roughly 3 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. Our Outaouais list holds plenty of bigger water. The nearest town is Wakefield, 27 km away. Then Constance Bay, 35 km, and Shawville, 38 km. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lac Sutherland

  Nothing we hold settles how deep this runs. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Records held for Outaouais cover pumpkinseed, yellow perch, smallmouth bass, rainbow smelt and Iowa darter. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. Lac Sutherland gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 19°C in July and bottom out at -13°C in January. Winter puts a hard lid on this one. Firm cover through the cold months, then open water from late April. Break-up sits around late April on average, with the water closing again about early December. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. That shapes the year on Lac Sutherland.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Provincial rules still apply whatever the bank status. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Lac Cote at 0.9 km is the sensible second choice. For Lac Sutherland, the notice at the access point is the final word.