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Best burbot lakes in Finland

12 Finland waters hold burbot, 4 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. Päijänne — 313 ft max · Zander, Northern Pike, European Perch, Brown Trout
2. Inarijärvi — 302 ft max · Northern Pike, European Perch, Brown Trout, Landlocked Salmon
3. Pielinen — 197 ft max · Zander, Northern Pike, European Perch, Brown Trout
4. Keitele — 217 ft max · Zander, Northern Pike, European Perch, Brown Trout
5. Oulujärvi — 125 ft max · Zander, Northern Pike, European Perch, Brown Trout
6. Kallavesi — 246 ft max · Zander, Northern Pike, European Perch, Brown Trout
7. Kyyvesi — 123 ft max · survey depth data · Zander, Northern Pike, European Perch, Brown Trout
8. Puula — 203 ft max · Zander, Northern Pike, European Perch, Brown Trout
9. Näsijärvi — 207 ft max · Zander, Northern Pike, European Perch, Brown Trout
10. Pyhäjärvi (Säkylä) — 82 ft max · survey depth data · Northern Pike, European Perch, Brown Trout, Lake Whitefish
11. Lohjanjärvi — 172 ft max · survey depth data · Zander, Northern Pike, European Perch, Brown Trout
12. Kuolimo — 139 ft max · survey depth data · Zander, Northern Pike, European Perch, Brown Trout

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When to fish burbot in Finland

• 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.

Also in Finland: best zander lakes · best northern pike lakes · best european perch lakes · best brown trout lakes · best landlocked salmon lakes · best lake whitefish lakes

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