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Best brook trout lakes in Alberta

24 Alberta waters hold brook trout, 23 mapped with real state-agency depth surveys. Ranked below by size and depth-data quality — open any water to see exactly where to fish it: depth contours, scored spots with plain-English reasons, seasonal windows and bait picks. The native char of cold ponds and streams. Needs the coldest, cleanest water in the lake.

1. Lac Ste. Anne — 30 ft max · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Brook Trout
2. Hastings Lake — 24 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout, Yellow Perch
3. Cow Lake — 7 ft max · survey depth data · Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout, Yellow Perch, Brown Trout
4. Jack Fish Lake — 30 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Brook Trout
5. Obed Lake — 31 ft max · survey depth data · Rainbow Trout, Yellow Perch, Brown Trout, Brook Trout
6. Blood Indian Creek Reservoir — 40 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Brook Trout
7. Grande Cache Lake — 40 ft max · survey depth data · Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout, Burbot
8. Swan Lake — 40 ft max · survey depth data · Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Brown Trout
9. Outpost Lake — 16 ft max · survey depth data · Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout
10. Chrystina Lake — 30 ft max · survey depth data · Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout
11. Victor Lake — 60 ft max · survey depth data · Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout, Burbot
12. Hasse Lake — 30 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout, Yellow Perch
13. Mere Lake — 55 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Brook Trout
14. Spring Lake — 30 ft max · survey depth data · Rainbow Trout, Yellow Perch, Brown Trout, Brook Trout
15. Lee Lake — 45 ft max · survey depth data · Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Brook Trout, Cutthroat Trout
16. Muir Lake — 18 ft max · survey depth data · Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout, Yellow Perch, Brown Trout
17. Millers Lake — 20 ft max · survey depth data · Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Brook Trout, Arctic Grayling
18. Chickakoo Lake — 50 ft max · survey depth data · Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Brook Trout
19. Mary Gregg Lake — 54 ft max · survey depth data · Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Brook Trout
20. Gap Lake — 8 ft max · survey depth data · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Brown Trout, Brook Trout
21. Peanut Lake — 46 ft max · survey depth data · Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout
22. Wildhorse Lakes — 13 ft max · survey depth data · Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout, Arctic Grayling
23. Kinky Lake — 8 ft max · survey depth data · Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout, Arctic Grayling
24. Mitchell Lake — 20 ft max · survey depth data · Rainbow Trout, Yellow Perch, Brown Trout, Brook Trout

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When to fish brook trout in Alberta

• Spring 2–15 ft — Ice-out scatters brookies along shorelines and inflow mouths, feeding on the first insect activity.
• Summer 10–30 ft — Brookies hold where the coldest water is — spring holes, deep basin edges and inflow plumes.
• Fall 2–15 ft — Fall is the show: brilliant spawning colors on gravel shoals and inflow gravel.
• Winter 3–20 ft — A classic ice-fishing target — active all winter in shallow to mid-depth water.

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