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Best lake whitefish lakes in Ontario

1264 Ontario waters hold lake whitefish, 1264 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. Lac Seul — 120 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Crappie
2. Lake St. Joseph — 80 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Whitefish
3. Lake St. Joseph — 80 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
4. Long Lake — 400 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
5. Lake Abitibi — 49 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Sauger, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
6. Lake Nipissing — 230 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
7. Eagle Lake — 100 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
8. Sturgeon Lake — 260 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
9. Ogoki Reservoir — 236 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
10. Deer Lake — 217 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
11. Minnitaki Lake — 150 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
12. Wunnummin Lake — 80 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
13. Red Lake — 140 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
14. Missinaibi Lake — 250 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
15. Lac des Mille Lacs — 90 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
16. Trout Lake — 150 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
17. Dog Lake — 328 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
18. Ivanhoe Lake — 70 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
19. Cat Lake — 85 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
20. Lac la Croix — 168 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
21. Wapikopa Lake — 66 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
22. Eabamet Lake — 79 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
23. Birch Lake — 118 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
24. Onaping Lake — 160 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
25. McInnes Lake — 160 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch

…plus 1239 more Ontario waters holding lake whitefish.

When to fish lake whitefish in Ontario

• 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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