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Best yellow perch lakes in Alberta

22 Alberta waters hold yellow perch, 22 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 premier eating panfish. Roams soft-bottom flats and weed edges in schools — a daytime biter.

1. Lesser Slave Lake — 69 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Whitefish
2. Lac la Biche — 73 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Whitefish
3. Cold Lake — 325 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout
4. Wabamun Lake — 35 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Whitefish
5. Pigeon Lake — 30 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Whitefish
6. Gull Lake — 25 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Whitefish
7. Sylvan Lake — 60 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Whitefish
8. Sturgeon Lake — 31 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Whitefish
9. Moose Lake — 60 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Whitefish
10. Marie Lake — 85 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Whitefish
11. Touchwood Lake — 131 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Whitefish
12. Buck Lake — 40 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Whitefish
13. Whitefish Lake — 110 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Whitefish
14. Pine Lake — 39 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
15. Baptiste Lake — 83 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Burbot
16. Amisk Lake — 191 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Whitefish
17. Lower Kananaskis Lake — 138 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout, Yellow Perch
18. Glenmore Reservoir — 55 ft max · survey depth data · Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout, Yellow Perch, Brown Trout
19. Ethel Lake — 99 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Whitefish
20. Chestermere Lake — 22 ft max · survey depth data · Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
21. Crowsnest Lake — 90 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout
22. Ghost Lake — 36 ft max · survey depth data · Northern Pike, Yellow Perch

When to fish yellow perch in Alberta

• Spring 3–12 ft — Spawning runs to shallow weeds and gravel — find the school, stay on it.
• Summer 10–30 ft — Schools slide deeper to soft-bottom flats and deep weedlines.
• Fall 12–35 ft — Jumbo perch pod up on deep basin flats feeding on invertebrates.
• Winter 15–35 ft — A premier ice-fishing target — deep mud flats, small jigs.

Also in Alberta: best walleye lakes · best northern pike lakes · best lake whitefish lakes · best burbot lakes

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