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Best lake trout lakes in Saskatchewan

36 Saskatchewan waters hold lake trout. 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. Deep, cold and long-lived. Below 50°F water year-round — shallow at ice-out and on fall spawning reefs.

1. Diefenbaker Lake — 194 ft max · Walleye, Sauger, Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout
2. Sandy Lake — 164 ft max · Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish
3. Lower Foster Lake — 130 ft max · Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish
4. Waskesiu Lake — 69 ft max · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout
5. Lac La Plonge — 243 ft max · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout
6. Riou Lake — 115 ft max · Walleye, Northern Pike, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish
7. Namew Lake — 141 ft max · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout
8. Crean Lake — 107 ft max · Walleye, Northern Pike, Lake Trout
9. Middle Foster Lake — 68 ft max · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout
10. Fontaine Lake — 236 ft max · Walleye, Northern Pike, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish
11. Attitti Lake — 157 ft max · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout
12. Beaverlodge Lake — 215 ft max · Walleye, Northern Pike, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish
13. Belcher Lake — 218 ft max · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout
14. Patterson Lake — 166 ft max · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout
15. Whiteswan Lake — 134 ft max · Northern Pike, Lake Trout
16. Henday Lake — 13 ft max · Walleye, Northern Pike, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish
17. Wierzycki Lake — 72 ft max · Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish
18. Preston Lake — 72 ft max · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout
19. Mackay Lake — 103 ft max · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout
20. Milliken Lake — 54 ft max · Northern Pike, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Burbot
21. Martin Lake — 143 ft max · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout
22. Hebden Lake — 89 ft max · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout
23. Bartlett Lake — 68 ft max · Walleye, Northern Pike, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish
24. Fredette Lake — 125 ft max · Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish
25. Broach Lake — 269 ft max · Walleye, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout

…plus 11 more Saskatchewan waters holding lake trout.

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When to fish lake trout in Saskatchewan

• Spring 10–40 ft — The brief shallow window: post-ice-out lakers roam rock shoals and points where anyone can reach them.
• Summer 50–120 ft — Below the thermocline in sub-50°F water — deep humps and basin edges near bait (smelt, cisco, alewife).
• Fall 10–50 ft — Turnover puts lakers on shallow rock reefs to spawn — big fish shallow, best late in the day.
• Winter 20–80 ft — One of the best ice targets — cold water is their comfort zone; they roam basin edges and humps all winter.

Also in Saskatchewan: best walleye lakes · best northern pike lakes · best rainbow trout lakes · best yellow perch lakes · best common carp lakes · best brown trout lakes · best brook trout lakes · best lake whitefish lakes · best burbot lakes · best cisco (lake herring) lakes · best splake lakes · best goldeye lakes

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