← British Columbia fishing maps

Best lake trout lakes in British Columbia

207 British Columbia waters list lake trout (official records or labelled estimates), 40 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. Deep, cold and long-lived. Below 50°F water year-round — shallow at ice-out and on fall spawning reefs.

1. Babine Lake — 610 ft · Approximated contours · Rainbow Trout, Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon, SteelheadWhy #1: mapped size signal; check the water page for depth coverage · 1 public access site, 1 carry-in or shore-oriented
2. Takla Lake — 941 ft · Approximated contours · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Kokanee, Bull TroutWhy #2: mapped size signal; check the water page for depth coverage · 1 public access site
3. Atlin Lake — 930 ft · Approximated contours · Northern Pike, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, BurbotWhy #3: mapped size signal; check the water page for depth coverage · 1 public access site
4. Okanagan Lake — 794 ft · Approximated contours · Smallmouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Yellow Perch, Lake TroutWhy #4: mapped size signal; check the water page for depth coverage · 1 public access site
5. Shuswap Lake — 530 ft · Soundings-based contours · Rainbow Trout, Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon, Lake TroutWhy #5: mapped size signal; check the water page for depth coverage · 1 public access site
6. Stuart Lake — 317 ft · Approximated contours · Rainbow Trout, Chinook Salmon, Lake Trout, KokaneeWhy #6: mapped size signal; check the water page for depth coverage · 2 public access sites, 2 carry-in or shore-oriented
7. Adams Lake — 1500 ft · Approximated contours · Rainbow Trout, Coho Salmon, Lake Trout, KokaneeWhy #7: mapped size signal; check the water page for depth coverage · 6 public access sites, 3 carry-in or shore-oriented
8. Francois Lake — 802 ft · Approximated contours · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Kokanee, Lake WhitefishWhy #8: mapped size signal; check the water page for depth coverage · 7 public access sites, 5 carry-in or shore-oriented
9. Tezzeron Lake — 142 ft · Survey depth data · real survey depth contours · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Kokanee, Lake WhitefishWhy #9: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site, 1 carry-in or shore-oriented
10. Pinchi Lake — 221 ft · Survey depth data · real survey depth contours · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Kokanee, Lake WhitefishWhy #10: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
11. Horsefly Lake — 625 ft · Approximated contours · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Kokanee, Sockeye SalmonWhy #11: mapped size signal; check the water page for depth coverage · 1 public access site, 1 carry-in or shore-oriented
12. Fraser Lake — 98 ft · Survey depth data · real survey depth contours · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, BurbotWhy #12: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
13. Cunningham Lake — 213 ft · Survey depth data · real survey depth contours · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Kokanee, Lake WhitefishWhy #13: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
14. Mabel Lake — 658 ft · Approximated contours · Rainbow Trout, Chinook Salmon, Lake Trout, KokaneeWhy #14: mapped size signal; check the water page for depth coverage · 5 public access sites, 4 carry-in or shore-oriented
15. Kalamalka Lake — 466 ft · Survey depth data · real survey depth contours · Rainbow Trout, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout, KokaneeWhy #15: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 5 public access sites
16. Trout Lake — 820 ft · Approximated contours · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Kokanee, Lake WhitefishWhy #16: mapped size signal; check the water page for depth coverage · 1 public access site, 1 carry-in or shore-oriented
17. Inzana Lake — 313 ft · Approximated contours · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, BurbotWhy #17: mapped size signal; check the water page for depth coverage · 1 public access site
18. Dall Lake — 125 ft · Survey depth data · real survey depth contours · Northern Pike, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Arctic GraylingWhy #18: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
19. Summit Lake — 52 ft · Survey depth data · real survey depth contours · Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Lake WhitefishWhy #19: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
20. Nation Lakes — 256 ft · Approximated contours · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, BurbotWhy #20: mapped size signal; check the water page for depth coverage · 3 public access sites, 2 carry-in or shore-oriented
21. Tacheeda Lakes — 195 ft · Survey depth data · real survey depth contours · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Kokanee, Lake WhitefishWhy #21: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 3 public access sites, 2 carry-in or shore-oriented
22. Green Lake — 131 ft · Approximated contours · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Brook Trout, KokaneeWhy #22: mapped size signal; check the water page for depth coverage · 2 public access sites
23. Mahood Lake — 682 ft · Approximated contours · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Kokanee, Lake WhitefishWhy #23: mapped size signal; check the water page for depth coverage · 1 public access site
24. Gwillim Lake — 157 ft · Survey depth data · real survey depth contours · Walleye, Northern Pike, Lake Trout, Lake WhitefishWhy #24: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
25. Stony Lake — 72 ft · Survey depth data · real survey depth contours · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Kokanee, Lake WhitefishWhy #25: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 4 public access sites, 4 carry-in or shore-oriented

…plus 182 more British Columbia waters holding lake trout.

Find the closest lake trout waters to you →

When to fish lake trout in British Columbia

• Spring 10–40 ft — The brief shallow window: post-ice-out lakers roam rock shoals and points where anyone can reach them.
• Summer 50–120 ft — Below the thermocline in sub-50°F water — deep humps and basin edges near bait (smelt, cisco, alewife).
• Fall 10–50 ft — Turnover puts lakers on shallow rock reefs to spawn — big fish shallow, best late in the day.
• Winter 20–80 ft — One of the best ice targets — cold water is their comfort zone; they roam basin edges and humps all winter.

Also in British Columbia: best largemouth bass lakes · best smallmouth bass lakes · best walleye lakes · best northern pike lakes · best crappie lakes · best rainbow trout lakes · best yellow perch lakes · best common carp lakes · best chinook salmon lakes · best coho salmon lakes · best steelhead lakes · best brown trout lakes · best brook trout lakes · best kokanee lakes · best lake whitefish lakes · best burbot lakes · best arctic grayling lakes · best cutthroat trout lakes · best cisco (lake herring) lakes · best pumpkinseed lakes · best brown bullhead lakes · best surfperch lakes · best pink salmon lakes · best chum salmon lakes · best pacific chinook salmon lakes · best pacific coho salmon lakes · best lingcod lakes

Lake Trout elsewhere: Ontario · Wisconsin · Minnesota · Québec · Michigan · Maine · New Hampshire · New York · Montana · Saskatchewan · Wyoming · New Brunswick · Alberta · Vermont · Alaska · Utah · Colorado · Idaho