How to fish

Burbot

Manitoba's freshwater cod is a winter specialty — Cedar Lake is famous for its burbot spawn under the ice, and the Red River's deeper stretches hold them too.

🎣 Find burbot lakes

Techniques

▸Night jigging with heavy glow spoons
▸Dead sticking with scented bait near bottom
▸Tip-ups rigged just off bottom overnight

Baits & lures

▸Glow jigging spoons
▸Heavy jigs
▸Large minnows
▸Cut bait (smelt, herring)
▸Nightcrawlers

Best seasons

Winter, peaking around the March spawn under the ice.

Where to catch burbot

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Falcon Lake

Eastern

High Lake

Eastern

Lake Athapapuskow

Northern

Lake Manitoba

Interlake

Lake Winnipeg

Interlake

Reed Lake

Northern

Wekusko Lake

Northern

Beresford Lake

Eastern

Bird Lake

Eastern

Black Lake

Eastern

Caddy Lake

Eastern

Childs Lake

Western

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