Lake Trout ice fishing in Alberta

17 Alberta lakes on this site have lake trout on record, largest first. A lake without a record may still hold them: records come from provincial open data and our own research, and are not complete. Some records are stocking records, which show what a province has stocked, not everything in the lake.

Lakes

• Lake Athabasca, 7,530 km², near Fort Chipewyan
• Cold Lake, 347 km², near Cold Lake
• Abraham Lake, 52.1 km², near Lake Louise
• Namur Lake, 43.3 km², near Fort McMurray
• Seibert Lake, 35.6 km², near Lac La Biche
• Wolf Lake (AB), 30.8 km², near Bonnyville
• Maligne Lake, 20.5 km², near Jasper Park Lodge
• Spray Lakes Reservoir, 19 km², near Dead Man's Flats
• Ghost Lake, 11 km², near Cochrane
• Bow Lake, 3.11 km², near Lake Louise
• Barrier Lake, 2.8 km², near Exshaw
• Pyramid Lake, 1.24 km², near Jasper Park Lodge
• Two Jack Lake, 39 ha, near Banff
• Gardiner Lake, near Fort McMurray
• Peerless Lake, near Wabasca-Desmarais
• Lake Minnewanka, near Banff
• Upper Waterton Lake, near Cardston

General lake trout tips

Lake trout stay in cold, deep water; jig tubes, spoons or dead bait on a quick-strike rig in the deeper basins.

This is general guidance for the species, written by Ice Fish Canada, not a report from any one lake. Limits, size rules and closures vary by lake, so read the current Alberta regulations before you fish. Measure the ice yourself: see the ice thickness guidance.

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