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Best cisco (lake herring) lakes in Saskatchewan

79 Saskatchewan waters hold cisco (lake herring). 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. Pelagic coldwater herring — suspends over deep basins chasing plankton, spawns on late-fall shoals, and shines as a winter ice target.

1. Green Lake — 142 ft max · Walleye, Northern Pike, Lake Whitefish, Burbot
2. Last Mountain Lake — 101 ft max · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Common Carp
3. Diefenbaker Lake — 194 ft max · Walleye, Sauger, Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout
4. Tobin Lake — 87 ft max · Walleye, Sauger, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
5. Montreal Lake — 34 ft max · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Whitefish
6. Bigstone Lake — 30 ft max · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Whitefish
7. Sandy Lake — 164 ft max · Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish
8. Delaronde Lake — 163 ft max · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Whitefish
9. Lower Foster Lake — 130 ft max · Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish
10. Lac La Loche — 52 ft max · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Whitefish
11. Candle Lake — 55 ft max · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Whitefish
12. Waskesiu Lake — 69 ft max · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout
13. Limestone Lake — 23 ft max · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Whitefish
14. Lac La Plonge — 243 ft max · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout
15. Riou Lake — 115 ft max · Walleye, Northern Pike, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish
16. Namew Lake — 141 ft max · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout
17. Canoe Lake — 49 ft max · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Whitefish
18. Turtle Lake — 47 ft max · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Whitefish
19. Middle Foster Lake — 68 ft max · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout
20. Beaverlodge Lake — 215 ft max · Walleye, Northern Pike, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish
21. Weyakwin Lake — 38 ft max · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Whitefish
22. Keeley Lake — 56 ft max · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Whitefish
23. Chitek Lake — 78 ft max · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Whitefish
24. Buffalo Pound Lake — 17 ft max · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Common Carp
25. Round — 43 ft max · Walleye, Northern Pike, Channel Catfish, Yellow Perch

…plus 54 more Saskatchewan waters holding cisco (lake herring).

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When to fish cisco (lake herring) in Saskatchewan

• Spring 10–40 ft — Post-ice-out schools roam the upper column over deep water — follow the bait clouds on the graph, not the bank.
• Summer 40–80 ft — Locked below the thermocline, suspended over the deepest basins. Vertical presentations at the school's exact depth or nothing.
• Fall 5–25 ft — The late-fall spawn puts silver schools on shallow gravel shoals and windswept rock — the one time they're everyone's fish.
• Winter 20–60 ft — A premier ice species — suspended schools cruise the basin mid-column. Watch the flasher and chase the marks.

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