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Best burbot lakes in Alberta

69 Alberta waters list burbot (official records or labelled estimates), 66 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 freshwater cod that feeds at night under the ice — ugly, delicious and wildly underrated.

1. Lesser Slave Lake — 69 ft max · real survey depth contours · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake WhitefishWhy #1: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 2 public access sites
2. Lac la Biche — 73 ft max · real survey depth contours · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake WhitefishWhy #2: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
3. Cold Lake — 325 ft max · real survey depth contours · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake TroutWhy #3: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 3 public access sites
4. Utikuma Lake — 20 ft max · real survey depth contours · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake WhitefishWhy #4: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
5. Winefred Lake — 50 ft max · real survey depth contours · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake WhitefishWhy #5: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
6. Chin Lakes — 76 ft max · real survey depth contours · Walleye, Northern Pike, Lake Whitefish, BurbotWhy #6: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
7. Buffalo Lake — 20 ft max · real survey depth contours · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, BurbotWhy #7: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
8. Wabamun Lake — 35 ft max · real survey depth contours · Walleye, Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout, Yellow PerchWhy #8: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 3 public access sites
9. Pigeon Lake — 30 ft max · real survey depth contours · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake WhitefishWhy #9: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 2 public access sites
10. Gull Lake — 25 ft max · real survey depth contours · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake WhitefishWhy #10: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 3 public access sites
11. Beaver Lake — 40 ft max · real survey depth contours · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake WhitefishWhy #11: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
12. Fawcett Lake — 70 ft max · real survey depth contours · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake WhitefishWhy #12: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
13. Lac Ste. Anne — 30 ft max · real survey depth contours · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Brook TroutWhy #13: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 5 public access sites
14. Muriel Lake — 35 ft max · real survey depth contours · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake WhitefishWhy #14: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 3 public access sites
15. Sylvan Lake — 60 ft max · real survey depth contours · Walleye, Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout, Yellow PerchWhy #15: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 3 public access sites
16. Sturgeon Lake — 31 ft max · real survey depth contours · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake WhitefishWhy #16: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 4 public access sites
17. Frog Lake — 90 ft max · real survey depth contours · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake WhitefishWhy #17: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
18. Isle Lake — 25 ft max · real survey depth contours · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, BurbotWhy #18: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
19. Moose Lake — 60 ft max · real survey depth contours · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake WhitefishWhy #19: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 11 public access sites
20. Wolf Lake — 131 ft max · real survey depth contours · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake WhitefishWhy #20: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
21. North Buck Lake — 20 ft max · real survey depth contours · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake WhitefishWhy #21: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
22. Snipe Lake — 20 ft max · real survey depth contours · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake WhitefishWhy #22: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
23. Marie Lake — 85 ft max · real survey depth contours · Walleye, Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout, Yellow PerchWhy #23: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
24. Seibert Lake — 30 ft max · real survey depth contours · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake WhitefishWhy #24: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
25. Touchwood Lake — 131 ft max · real survey depth contours · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake TroutWhy #25: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached

…plus 44 more Alberta waters holding burbot.

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When to fish burbot in Alberta

• Spring 25–70 ft — Post-spawn burbot slide back toward deep basins but still run shallow rock after dark.
• Summer 50–120 ft — Deep and sluggish in warm months — mostly a bycatch while jigging deep structure for lake trout.
• Fall 30–80 ft — Feeding picks up hard as the water cools — dead bait or glow spoons on deep rock at night.
• Winter 15–60 ft — Late-winter spawners stack on rock humps and shoals — glow jigs pounded on bottom after dark.

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