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Best burbot lakes in British Columbia

421 British Columbia waters hold burbot, 38 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. Kinbasket Lake — 325 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout, Kokanee, Lake WhitefishWhy #1: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 10 public access sites, 7 carry-in or shore-oriented
2. Babine Lake — 610 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Kokanee, Lake WhitefishWhy #2: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 1 public access site, 1 carry-in or shore-oriented
3. Kootenay Lake — 509 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Yellow Perch, Common CarpWhy #3: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 8 public access sites, 7 carry-in or shore-oriented
4. Nechako Reservoir — 299 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Kokanee, Lake Whitefish, BurbotWhy #4: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 1 public access site, 1 carry-in or shore-oriented
5. Atlin Lake — 930 ft max · Northern Pike, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, BurbotWhy #5: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 1 public access site
6. Okanagan Lake — 794 ft max · Smallmouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Yellow Perch, Lake TroutWhy #6: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 1 public access site
7. Shuswap Lake — 530 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Kokanee, Lake WhitefishWhy #7: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 1 public access site
8. Lower Arrow Lake — 590 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Rainbow Trout, Yellow PerchWhy #8: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 4 public access sites, 4 carry-in or shore-oriented
9. Stuart Lake — 317 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Kokanee, Lake WhitefishWhy #9: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 2 public access sites, 2 carry-in or shore-oriented
10. Eutsuk Lake — 1001 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Kokanee, Lake Whitefish, BurbotWhy #10: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · no verified access record attached
11. Francois Lake — 802 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Kokanee, Lake WhitefishWhy #11: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 7 public access sites, 5 carry-in or shore-oriented
12. Teslin Lake — 702 ft max · Northern Pike, Chinook Salmon, Lake Trout, Lake WhitefishWhy #12: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · no verified access record attached
13. Tezzeron Lake — 142 ft max · survey depth data · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Kokanee, Lake WhitefishWhy #13: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site, 1 carry-in or shore-oriented
14. Morice Lake — 775 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon, SteelheadWhy #14: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · no verified access record attached
15. Pinchi Lake — 221 ft max · survey depth data · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Kokanee, Lake WhitefishWhy #15: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
16. Fraser Lake — 98 ft max · survey depth data · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, BurbotWhy #16: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
17. Tutshi Lake — 646 ft max · Northern Pike, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, BurbotWhy #17: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · no verified access record attached
18. Cunningham Lake — 213 ft max · survey depth data · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Kokanee, Lake WhitefishWhy #18: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
19. Duncan Lake — 385 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout, Kokanee, Lake WhitefishWhy #19: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 3 public access sites, 2 carry-in or shore-oriented
20. Mabel Lake — 658 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Kokanee, Lake WhitefishWhy #20: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 5 public access sites, 4 carry-in or shore-oriented
21. Tahtsa Lake — 715 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Kokanee, Lake Whitefish, BurbotWhy #21: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · no verified access record attached
22. Slocan Lake — 978 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout, Kokanee, Lake WhitefishWhy #22: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 2 public access sites, 2 carry-in or shore-oriented
23. Hobson Lake — 574 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Kokanee, Lake Whitefish, BurbotWhy #23: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · no verified access record attached
24. Charlie Lake — 49 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Rainbow TroutWhy #24: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 4 public access sites
25. Trout Lake — 820 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Kokanee, Lake WhitefishWhy #25: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 1 public access site, 1 carry-in or shore-oriented

…plus 396 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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