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Best burbot lakes in Estonia

27 Estonia waters list burbot (official records or labelled estimates), 27 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. The freshwater cod that feeds at night under the ice — ugly, delicious and wildly underrated.

1. Vagula järv — 38 ft max · real survey depth contours · Zander, Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout, European PerchWhy #1: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
2. Kuremaa järv — 46 ft max · real survey depth contours · Zander, Northern Pike, European Perch, BurbotWhy #2: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
3. Suurlaht — 9 ft max · real survey depth contours · Northern Pike, European Perch, BurbotWhy #3: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
4. Paunküla veehoidla — 27 ft max · real survey depth contours · Northern Pike, European Perch, BurbotWhy #4: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
5. Ermistu järv — 12 ft max · real survey depth contours · Northern Pike, European Perch, Common Carp, BurbotWhy #5: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
6. Raigastvere järv — 15 ft max · real survey depth contours · Northern Pike, European Perch, BurbotWhy #6: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
7. Pühajärv — 28 ft max · real survey depth contours · Zander, Northern Pike, European Perch, BurbotWhy #7: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
8. Koosa järv — 11 ft max · real survey depth contours · Zander, Northern Pike, European Perch, Lake WhitefishWhy #8: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
9. Kahala järv — 9 ft max · real survey depth contours · Northern Pike, European Perch, BurbotWhy #9: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
10. Ähijärv — 21 ft max · real survey depth contours · Zander, Northern Pike, European Perch, BurbotWhy #10: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
11. Tamula järv — 25 ft max · real survey depth contours · Zander, Northern Pike, European Perch, BurbotWhy #11: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
12. Tündre järv — 33 ft max · real survey depth contours · Zander, Northern Pike, European Perch, BurbotWhy #12: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
13. Kariste järv — 23 ft max · real survey depth contours · Zander, Northern Pike, European Perch, Brown TroutWhy #13: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
14. Viljandi järv — 38 ft max · real survey depth contours · Zander, Northern Pike, European Perch, Common CarpWhy #14: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
15. Pangodi järv — 33 ft max · real survey depth contours · Zander, Northern Pike, European Perch, BurbotWhy #15: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
16. Konsu järv — 36 ft max · real survey depth contours · Northern Pike, European Perch, BurbotWhy #16: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
17. Karijärv — 49 ft max · real survey depth contours · Zander, Northern Pike, European Perch, BurbotWhy #17: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
18. Endla järv — 9 ft max · real survey depth contours · Northern Pike, European Perch, BurbotWhy #18: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
19. Mäeküla järv — 12 ft max · real survey depth contours · Zander, Northern Pike, European Perch, Common CarpWhy #19: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
20. Pulli järv — 17 ft max · real survey depth contours · Northern Pike, European Perch, BurbotWhy #20: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
21. Nigula järv — 11 ft max · real survey depth contours · Northern Pike, European Perch, BurbotWhy #21: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
22. Rõuge Suurjärv — 125 ft max · real survey depth contours · Northern Pike, European Perch, Lake Whitefish, BurbotWhy #22: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
23. Veskijärv — 9 ft max · real survey depth contours · Northern Pike, European Perch, BurbotWhy #23: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
24. Murati järv — 10 ft max · real survey depth contours · Northern Pike, European Perch, BurbotWhy #24: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
25. Nõuni järv — 51 ft max · real survey depth contours · Zander, Northern Pike, European Perch, Common CarpWhy #25: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached

…plus 2 more Estonia waters holding burbot.

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When to fish burbot in Estonia

• 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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