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Best burbot lakes in British Columbia

172 British Columbia waters hold burbot, 13 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 freshwater cod that feeds at night under the ice — ugly, delicious and wildly underrated.

1. Babine Lake — 610 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Kokanee, Lake Whitefish
2. Okanagan Lake — 794 ft max · Smallmouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout
3. Shuswap Lake — 530 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Kokanee, Lake Whitefish
4. Lower Arrow Lake — 590 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Rainbow Trout, Yellow Perch
5. Stuart Lake — 317 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Kokanee, Lake Whitefish
6. Eutsuk Lake — 1001 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Kokanee, Lake Whitefish, Burbot
7. Francois Lake — 802 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Kokanee, Lake Whitefish
8. Tezzeron Lake — 142 ft max · survey depth data · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Kokanee, Lake Whitefish
9. Pinchi Lake — 221 ft max · survey depth data · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Kokanee, Lake Whitefish
10. Fraser Lake — 98 ft max · survey depth data · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Burbot
11. Tutshi Lake — 646 ft max · Northern Pike, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Burbot
12. Cunningham Lake — 213 ft max · survey depth data · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Kokanee, Lake Whitefish
13. Duncan Lake — 385 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout, Kokanee, Lake Whitefish
14. Mabel Lake — 658 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Kokanee, Lake Whitefish
15. Tahtsa Lake — 715 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Kokanee, Lake Whitefish, Burbot
16. Slocan Lake — 978 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout, Kokanee, Lake Whitefish
17. Charlie Lake — 49 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout
18. Trout Lake — 820 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Kokanee, Lake Whitefish
19. Canim Lake — 684 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Kokanee, Lake Whitefish
20. Cheslatta Lake — 374 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Kokanee, Lake Whitefish
21. Maxhamish Lake — 39 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Lake Whitefish, Burbot
22. Kamloops Lake — 495 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Lake Whitefish, Burbot
23. Inzana Lake — 313 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Burbot
24. Summit Lake — 52 ft max · survey depth data · Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish
25. Nicola Lake — 187 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Kokanee, Lake Whitefish, Burbot

…plus 147 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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