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Best lake whitefish lakes in British Columbia

408 British Columbia waters hold lake whitefish, 20 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. Cold-water bottom feeder with a cult jigging following — soft bite, hard fight, best eating in the north.

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. Isaac Lake — 572 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Kokanee, Lake Whitefish
11. Fraser Lake — 98 ft max · survey depth data · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Burbot
12. Tutshi Lake — 646 ft max · Northern Pike, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Burbot
13. Cunningham Lake — 213 ft max · survey depth data · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Kokanee, Lake Whitefish
14. Duncan Lake — 385 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout, Kokanee, Lake Whitefish
15. Natalkuz Lake — 150 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Kokanee, Lake Whitefish
16. Mabel Lake — 658 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Kokanee, Lake Whitefish
17. Tahtsa Lake — 715 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Kokanee, Lake Whitefish, Burbot
18. Slocan Lake — 978 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout, Kokanee, Lake Whitefish
19. Tatla Lake — 126 ft max · Kokanee, Lake Whitefish
20. Trout Lake — 820 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Kokanee, Lake Whitefish
21. Canim Lake — 684 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Kokanee, Lake Whitefish
22. Cheslatta Lake — 374 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Kokanee, Lake Whitefish
23. Maxhamish Lake — 39 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Lake Whitefish, Burbot
24. Kamloops Lake — 495 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Lake Whitefish, Burbot
25. Bowser Lake — 500 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Lake Whitefish

…plus 383 more British Columbia waters holding lake whitefish.

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When to fish lake whitefish in British Columbia

• Spring 15–45 ft — Post-ice schools graze gravel shoals and hard-bottom flats for invertebrates — small jigs worked slowly.
• Summer 40–90 ft — Whitefish hold deep and cold — vertical blade baits or small spoons dragged near bottom on the deep humps.
• Fall 8–30 ft — The November spawn brings big schools onto shallow rock and gravel — the year's best shot at numbers.
• Winter 25–70 ft — An ice-jigging phenomenon — pound the bottom to raise silt, then hop a small spoon just above it.

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