Fishing Petit lac du Butor in Laurentides, Quebec

• Overview

  Petit lac du Butor is listed under Laurentides, Quebec. Height above sea level is 223 metres. Around 30 hectares of surface means several distinct areas to work. The whole outline is near 2.6 km, and most of it is walkable. On our Laurentides list it sits near the top for size. The nearest place of any size is Ferme-Neuve, 36 km away. It is 172 km to Gatineau, the nearest city. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Petit lac du Butor

  The records we hold are silent on depth, so plan to find it yourself. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Open biodiversity records for Laurentides list pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch and brook trout. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. On Petit lac du Butor a short move beats a long cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs -16°C to 18°C. Fishing here follows the temperature more than the calendar. Count the season from break-up, usually late April. Break-up sits around late April on average, with the water closing again about late November. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. Petit lac du Butor fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. 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. Bank access can be seasonal on ground like this. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. Lac Deschenes at 1.3 km is the sensible second choice. Check the current arrangement for Petit lac du Butor.