Best burbot lakes in Vermont
7 Vermont waters list burbot (official records or labelled estimates), 4 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.
- Lac Wallace — 60 ft · Survey depth data · real survey depth contours · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Rainbow TroutWhy #1: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
- Echo Lake — 121 ft · Survey depth data · 0% measured · real survey depth contours · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Bluegill, Rainbow TroutWhy #2: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
- Lake Elligo — 101 ft · Survey depth data · 0% measured · real survey depth contours · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Bluegill, Rainbow TroutWhy #3: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
- Seymour Lake — 181.5 ft · Survey depth data · real survey depth contours · Smallmouth Bass, Bluegill, Yellow Perch, Lake TroutWhy #4: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
- Lake Willoughby — Water guide · Rainbow Trout, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout, Landlocked SalmonWhy #5: mapped size signal; check the water page for depth coverage · no verified access record attached
…plus 2 more Vermont 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.
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When to fish burbot in Vermont
- 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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