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Best burbot lakes in Maine

40 Maine waters hold burbot, 40 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. Moosehead Lake — 240 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Lake Trout, Brook Trout, Landlocked SalmonWhy #1: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 10 public access sites, 2 carry-in or shore-oriented
2. Chesuncook Lake — 150 ft max · survey depth data · Yellow Perch, Lake Trout, Brook Trout, Landlocked SalmonWhy #2: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 2 public access sites
3. Chamberlain Lake — 152 ft max · survey depth data · Lake Trout, Brook Trout, Lake Whitefish, BurbotWhy #3: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
4. Big Eagle Lake — 122 ft max · survey depth data · Lake Trout, Brook Trout, Lake Whitefish, BurbotWhy #4: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
5. Eagle Lake — 135 ft max · survey depth data · Yellow Perch, Lake Trout, Brook Trout, Landlocked SalmonWhy #5: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
6. West Grand Lake — 127 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout, Brook TroutWhy #6: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 2 public access sites
7. Lower Sysladobsis Lake — 66 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout, Brook TroutWhy #7: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
8. Pemadumcook Lake — 100 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout, Brook TroutWhy #8: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
9. Square Lake — 122 ft max · survey depth data · Brook Trout, Burbot, White Perch, Brown BullheadWhy #9: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
10. Attean Pond — 54 ft max · survey depth data · Yellow Perch, Burbot, Splake, PumpkinseedWhy #10: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 2 public access sites
11. Ragged Lake — 54 ft max · survey depth data · Lake Trout, Brook Trout, Landlocked Salmon, BurbotWhy #11: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
12. Little Ossipee Lake — 72 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Crappie, Yellow PerchWhy #12: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 2 public access sites
13. St Froid Lake — 114 ft max · survey depth data · Yellow Perch, Lake Trout, Brook Trout, Landlocked SalmonWhy #13: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
14. Allagash Lake — 89 ft max · survey depth data · Lake Trout, Brook Trout, Lake Whitefish, BurbotWhy #14: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
15. Lobster Lake — 107 ft max · survey depth data · Yellow Perch, Lake Trout, Brook Trout, Landlocked SalmonWhy #15: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
16. Round Pond / Telos Lake — 86 ft max · survey depth data · Lake Trout, Brook Trout, BurbotWhy #16: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
17. Cold Stream Pond — 103 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Lake Trout, Brook Trout, Chain PickerelWhy #17: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
18. Ross Lake — 105 ft max · survey depth data · Lake Trout, Brook Trout, Lake Whitefish, BurbotWhy #18: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
19. Pleasant Lake — 63 ft max · survey depth data · Yellow Perch, Chain Pickerel, Burbot, White PerchWhy #19: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
20. Unity Pond — 41 ft max · survey depth data · Crappie, Brook Trout, Chain Pickerel, BurbotWhy #20: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
21. Fish River Lake — 46 ft max · survey depth data · Lake Trout, Brook Trout, Landlocked Salmon, BurbotWhy #21: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
22. Lake Wassookeag — 85 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Lake Trout, Brook TroutWhy #22: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
23. Nahmakanta Lake — 110 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout, Brook TroutWhy #23: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site, 1 carry-in or shore-oriented
24. West Musquash Lake — 108 ft max · survey depth data · Yellow Perch, Lake Trout, Brook Trout, Landlocked SalmonWhy #24: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 2 public access sites
25. Harrington Lake — 134 ft max · survey depth data · Lake Trout, Landlocked Salmon, Burbot, Brown BullheadWhy #25: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site

…plus 15 more Maine waters holding burbot.

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When to fish burbot in Maine

• 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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