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Best brook trout lakes in Alberta

25 Alberta waters list brook trout (official records or labelled estimates), 24 mapped with survey or official-chart depth data. Ranked below by size and depth-data quality, leading with the waters in our reviewed search catalog — 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 · Survey depth data · real survey depth contours · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Brook TroutWhy #1: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 5 public access sites
2. Cow Lake — 7 ft · Survey depth data · real survey depth contours · Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout, Yellow Perch, Brown TroutWhy #2: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
3. Hastings Lake — 24 ft · Survey depth data · real survey depth contours · Walleye, Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout, Yellow PerchWhy #3: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
4. Blood Indian Creek Reservoir — 40 ft · Survey depth data · real survey depth contours · Walleye, Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Brook TroutWhy #4: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
5. Grande Cache Lake — 40 ft · Survey depth data · real survey depth contours · Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout, BurbotWhy #5: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
6. Jack Fish Lake — 30 ft · Survey depth data · real survey depth contours · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Brook TroutWhy #6: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
7. Swan Lake — 40 ft · Survey depth data · real survey depth contours · Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Brown TroutWhy #7: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
8. Obed Lake — 31 ft · Survey depth data · real survey depth contours · Rainbow Trout, Yellow Perch, Brown Trout, Brook TroutWhy #8: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
9. Outpost Lake — 16 ft · Survey depth data · real survey depth contours · Rainbow Trout, Brook TroutWhy #9: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
10. Chrystina Lake — 30 ft · Survey depth data · real survey depth contours · Rainbow Trout, Brook TroutWhy #10: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
11. Victor Lake — 60 ft · Survey depth data · real survey depth contours · Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout, BurbotWhy #11: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
12. Hasse Lake — 30 ft · Survey depth data · real survey depth contours · Walleye, Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout, Yellow PerchWhy #12: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
13. Mere Lake — 55 ft · Survey depth data · real survey depth contours · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Brook TroutWhy #13: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
14. Spring Lake — 30 ft · Survey depth data · real survey depth contours · Rainbow Trout, Yellow Perch, Brown Trout, Brook TroutWhy #14: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
15. Muir Lake — 18 ft · Survey depth data · real survey depth contours · Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout, Yellow Perch, Brown TroutWhy #15: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
16. Millers Lake — 20 ft · Survey depth data · real survey depth contours · Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Brook Trout, Arctic GraylingWhy #16: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
17. Chickakoo Lake — 50 ft · Survey depth data · real survey depth contours · Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Brook TroutWhy #17: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
18. Mary Gregg Lake — 54 ft · Survey depth data · real survey depth contours · Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Brook TroutWhy #18: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
19. Gap Lake — 8 ft · Survey depth data · real survey depth contours · Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Brook Trout, Cutthroat TroutWhy #19: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
20. Peanut Lake — 46 ft · Survey depth data · real survey depth contours · Rainbow Trout, Brook TroutWhy #20: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
21. Wildhorse Lakes — 13 ft · Survey depth data · real survey depth contours · Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout, Arctic GraylingWhy #21: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
22. Kinky Lake — 8 ft · Survey depth data · real survey depth contours · Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout, Arctic GraylingWhy #22: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
23. Mitchell Lake — 20 ft · Survey depth data · real survey depth contours · Rainbow Trout, Yellow Perch, Brown Trout, Brook TroutWhy #23: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
24. Lee Lake — 45 ft · Survey depth data · real survey depth contours · Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Brook Trout, Cutthroat TroutWhy #24: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached

…plus 1 more Alberta waters holding 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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