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Best burbot lakes in Sweden

29 Sweden waters hold burbot. 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. Vänern — 348 ft max · Zander, Northern Pike, European Perch, Brown Trout
2. Mälaren — 210 ft max · Zander, Northern Pike, European Perch, Burbot
3. Vättern — 420 ft max · Zander, Northern Pike, European Perch, Brown Trout
4. Storsjön — 243 ft max · Northern Pike, European Perch, Brown Trout, Lake Whitefish
5. Hornavan — 748 ft max · Northern Pike, European Perch, Brown Trout, Lake Whitefish
6. Ströms Vattudal — 240 ft max · Northern Pike, European Perch, Brown Trout, Lake Whitefish
7. Vojmsjön — 427 ft max · Northern Pike, European Perch, Brown Trout, Lake Whitefish
8. Siljan — 394 ft max · Northern Pike, European Perch, Brown Trout, Lake Whitefish
9. Malgomaj — 363 ft max · Northern Pike, European Perch, Brown Trout, Lake Whitefish
10. Kallsjön — 440 ft max · European Perch, Brown Trout, Lake Whitefish, Burbot
11. Glafsfjorden — 118 ft max · Zander, Northern Pike, European Perch, Brown Trout
12. Tjeggelvas — 213 ft max · Northern Pike, European Perch, Brown Trout, Lake Whitefish
13. Sommen — 174 ft max · Zander, Northern Pike, European Perch, Brown Trout
14. Flåsjön — 308 ft max · Northern Pike, European Perch, Brown Trout, Lake Whitefish
15. Storavan — 69 ft max · Northern Pike, European Perch, Brown Trout, Lake Whitefish
16. Bolmen — 118 ft max · Zander, Northern Pike, European Perch, Brown Trout
17. Storvindeln — 118 ft max · Northern Pike, European Perch, Brown Trout, Lake Whitefish
18. Åsnen — 47 ft max · Zander, Northern Pike, European Perch, Lake Whitefish
19. Torrön — 381 ft max · Brown Trout, Burbot, European Grayling, Arctic Char
20. Storjuktan — 106 ft max · Northern Pike, European Perch, Brown Trout, Brook Trout
21. Näkten — 144 ft max · Northern Pike, European Perch, Brown Trout, Lake Whitefish
22. Skagern — 253 ft max · Zander, Northern Pike, European Perch, Brown Trout
23. Roxen — 26 ft max · Zander, Northern Pike, European Perch, Burbot
24. Båven — 157 ft max · Zander, Northern Pike, European Perch, Lake Whitefish
25. Norra Dellen — 220 ft max · Zander, Northern Pike, European Perch, Brown Trout

…plus 4 more Sweden waters holding burbot.

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When to fish burbot in Sweden

• 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.

Also in Sweden: best zander lakes · best northern pike lakes · best european perch lakes · best brown trout lakes · best lake whitefish lakes · best european grayling lakes · best arctic char lakes

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