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Best burbot lakes in British Columbia

422 British Columbia waters list burbot (official records or labelled estimates), 43 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. Kinbasket Lake — 325 ft · Approximated contours · Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout, Kokanee, Lake WhitefishWhy #1: mapped size signal; check the water page for depth coverage · 10 public access sites, 7 carry-in or shore-oriented
2. Babine Lake — 610 ft · Approximated contours · Rainbow Trout, Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon, SteelheadWhy #2: mapped size signal; check the water page for depth coverage · 1 public access site, 1 carry-in or shore-oriented
3. Kootenay Lake — 509 ft · Approximated contours · Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Yellow Perch, Common CarpWhy #3: mapped size signal; check the water page for depth coverage · 8 public access sites, 7 carry-in or shore-oriented
4. Nechako Reservoir — 299 ft · Approximated contours · Rainbow Trout, Kokanee, Lake Whitefish, BurbotWhy #4: mapped size signal; check the water page for depth coverage · 2 public access sites, 2 carry-in or shore-oriented
5. Atlin Lake — 930 ft · Approximated contours · Northern Pike, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, BurbotWhy #5: mapped size signal; check the water page for depth coverage · 1 public access site
6. Okanagan Lake — 794 ft · Approximated contours · Smallmouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Yellow Perch, Lake TroutWhy #6: mapped size signal; check the water page for depth coverage · 1 public access site
7. Shuswap Lake — 530 ft · Soundings-based contours · Rainbow Trout, Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon, Lake TroutWhy #7: mapped size signal; check the water page for depth coverage · 1 public access site
8. Lower Arrow Lake — 590 ft · Approximated contours · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Rainbow Trout, Yellow PerchWhy #8: mapped size signal; check the water page for depth coverage · 4 public access sites, 4 carry-in or shore-oriented
9. Stuart Lake — 317 ft · Approximated contours · Rainbow Trout, Chinook Salmon, Lake Trout, KokaneeWhy #9: mapped size signal; check the water page for depth coverage · 2 public access sites, 2 carry-in or shore-oriented
10. Francois Lake — 802 ft · Approximated contours · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Kokanee, Lake WhitefishWhy #10: mapped size signal; check the water page for depth coverage · 7 public access sites, 5 carry-in or shore-oriented
11. Tezzeron Lake — 142 ft · Survey depth data · real survey depth contours · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Kokanee, Lake WhitefishWhy #11: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site, 1 carry-in or shore-oriented
12. Pinchi Lake — 221 ft · Survey depth data · real survey depth contours · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Kokanee, Lake WhitefishWhy #12: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
13. Fraser Lake — 98 ft · Survey depth data · real survey depth contours · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, BurbotWhy #13: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
14. Cunningham Lake — 213 ft · Survey depth data · real survey depth contours · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Kokanee, Lake WhitefishWhy #14: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
15. Duncan Lake — 385 ft · Approximated contours · Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout, Kokanee, Lake WhitefishWhy #15: mapped size signal; check the water page for depth coverage · 3 public access sites, 2 carry-in or shore-oriented
16. Mabel Lake — 658 ft · Approximated contours · Rainbow Trout, Chinook Salmon, Lake Trout, KokaneeWhy #16: mapped size signal; check the water page for depth coverage · 5 public access sites, 4 carry-in or shore-oriented
17. Slocan Lake — 978 ft · Approximated contours · Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout, Kokanee, Lake WhitefishWhy #17: mapped size signal; check the water page for depth coverage · 2 public access sites, 2 carry-in or shore-oriented
18. Charlie Lake — 49 ft · Survey depth data · real survey depth contours · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Rainbow TroutWhy #18: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 4 public access sites
19. Trout Lake — 820 ft · Approximated contours · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Kokanee, Lake WhitefishWhy #19: mapped size signal; check the water page for depth coverage · 1 public access site, 1 carry-in or shore-oriented
20. Maxhamish Lake — 39 ft · Survey depth data · real survey depth contours · Walleye, Northern Pike, Lake Whitefish, BurbotWhy #20: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
21. Kamloops Lake — 495 ft · Approximated contours · Rainbow Trout, Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon, SteelheadWhy #21: mapped size signal; check the water page for depth coverage · 2 public access sites
22. Inzana Lake — 313 ft · Approximated contours · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, BurbotWhy #22: mapped size signal; check the water page for depth coverage · 1 public access site
23. Mcleod Lake — 48 ft · Approximated contours · Rainbow Trout, Lake Whitefish, Burbot, Dolly VardenWhy #23: mapped size signal; check the water page for depth coverage · 1 public access site
24. Summit Lake — 52 ft · Survey depth data · real survey depth contours · Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Lake WhitefishWhy #24: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
25. Nicola Lake — 187 ft · Approximated contours · Rainbow Trout, Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon, SteelheadWhy #25: mapped size signal; check the water page for depth coverage · 3 public access sites

…plus 397 more British Columbia waters holding burbot.

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When to fish burbot in British Columbia

• 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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