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Best lake trout lakes in British Columbia

175 British Columbia waters hold lake trout, 23 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. 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 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. Stuart Lake — 317 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Kokanee, Lake Whitefish
5. Francois Lake — 802 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Kokanee, Lake Whitefish
6. Tezzeron Lake — 142 ft max · survey depth data · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Kokanee, Lake Whitefish
7. Pinchi Lake — 221 ft max · survey depth data · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Kokanee, Lake Whitefish
8. Isaac Lake — 572 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Kokanee, Lake Whitefish
9. Fraser Lake — 98 ft max · survey depth data · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Burbot
10. Tutshi Lake — 646 ft max · Northern Pike, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Burbot
11. Cunningham Lake — 213 ft max · survey depth data · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Kokanee, Lake Whitefish
12. Natalkuz Lake — 150 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Kokanee, Lake Whitefish
13. Mabel Lake — 658 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Kokanee, Lake Whitefish
14. Trout Lake — 820 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Kokanee, Lake Whitefish
15. Canim Lake — 684 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Kokanee, Lake Whitefish
16. Cheslatta Lake — 374 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Kokanee, Lake Whitefish
17. Cry Lake — 499 ft max · Lake Trout, Arctic Grayling
18. Inzana Lake — 313 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Burbot
19. Dall Lake — 125 ft max · survey depth data · Northern Pike, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Arctic Grayling
20. Summit Lake — 52 ft max · survey depth data · Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish
21. Nation Lakes — 256 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Burbot
22. Tacheeda Lakes — 195 ft max · survey depth data · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Kokanee, Lake Whitefish
23. Green Lake — 131 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Brook Trout, Kokanee
24. Mahood Lake — 682 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Kokanee, Lake Whitefish
25. Alouette Lake — 522 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Kokanee, Cutthroat Trout

…plus 150 more British Columbia waters holding lake trout.

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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.

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