Best burbot lakes in Saskatchewan
112 Saskatchewan waters list burbot (official records or labelled estimates), 22 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.
- Cold Lake — 325 ft · Survey depth data · real survey depth contours · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake TroutWhy #1: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 3 public access sites
- Lac Eauclaire — 125 ft · Approximated contours · Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Whitefish, BurbotWhy #2: mapped size signal; check the water page for depth coverage · no verified access record attached
- Wollaston Lake — Water guide · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake TroutWhy #3: mapped size signal; check the water page for depth coverage · no verified access record attached
- Green Lake — Water guide · Walleye, Northern Pike, Lake Whitefish, BurbotWhy #4: mapped size signal; check the water page for depth coverage · no verified access record attached
- Last Mountain Lake — Water guide · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Common CarpWhy #5: mapped size signal; check the water page for depth coverage · no verified access record attached
…plus 107 more Saskatchewan waters holding burbot.
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How to use this ranking
The order is a map-planning ranking, not a claim about today's fish population. It favors larger mapped waters and gives survey-backed contours a three-times data-quality boost. Agency population surveys, current regulations, access and recent conditions should make the final decision.
When to fish burbot in Saskatchewan
- 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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