Lakes/Species
Lake Trout lakes in NW Ontario
The deep, cold-water native of the Canadian Shield. Ice-out finds them shallow; summer means jigging the 60-foot basins of the region's clearest lakes.
MNRF aquatic surveys record lake trout in 462 named Sunset Country lakes — 32 with a lodge or outpost on the water and 374 with a charted depth map.
Top lake trout lakes with lodges
- Lake of the Woods
886,649 ac · 24 lodges
- Eagle Lake
78,916 ac · 13 lodges
- Red Lake
40,865 ac · 140 ft · 5 lodges
- Sturgeon Lake
60,428 ac · 305 ft · 3 lodges
- Wabaskang Lake
15,111 ac · 94 ft · 3 lodges
- Minnitaki Lake
43,567 ac · 2 lodges
- Rowan Lake
12,834 ac · 130 ft · 2 lodges
- Pipestone Lake
9,186 ac · 174 ft · 2 lodges
- Clearwater West Lake
8,960 ac · 239 ft · 2 lodges
- Loonhaunt Lake
5,212 ac · 154 ft · 2 lodges
- Raleigh Lake
4,260 ac · 96 ft · 2 lodges
- Lac la Croix
29,537 ac · 1 lodge
Deepest lake trout water
- Winnange Lake378 ft
- Sandford Lake374 ft
- Sturgeon Lake305 ft · 3 lodges
- Feist Lake300 ft
- Silver Lake300 ft
- Gordon Lake295 ft
- Anishinabi Lake290 ft · 1 lodge
- Delaney Lake267 ft
- Irene Lake266 ft
- Lower Manitou Lake266 ft · 1 lodge
Often in the same water
Lakes holding lake trout frequently also hold:
- Yellow Perch348 shared lakes
- Northern Pike332 shared lakes
- Lake Whitefish222 shared lakes
- Walleye196 shared lakes
- Smallmouth Bass177 shared lakes
- Muskellunge50 shared lakes
Lodges & outfitters on lake trout water
- Alexander's on Rowan — Rowan LakeVerified
- Amason's Obabikon Bay Camp — Lake of the WoodsVerified
- Ash Rapids Lodge — Lake of the WoodsVerified
- Ballard's Black Island Resort — Lake of the WoodsVerified
- Bear Claw Wilderness Camp — Wabaskang LakeVerified
- Black Moose Outposts — Red LakeVerified
- Bow Narrows Camp — Red LakeVerified
- Canadian Fly-In Outposts — Entwine LakeVerified
- Cedar Island Lodge — Pipestone LakeVerified
- Cedar Point Lodge — Eagle LakeVerified
- Cobb Bay Lodge — Sturgeon LakeVerified
- Cobblestone Lodge — Raleigh LakeVerified
- Crawford's Camp — Lake of the WoodsVerified
- Crawford's Camp — Lake of the Woods (lac des Bois)Verified
- Crow Rock Lodge — Lake of the WoodsVerified
- Crystal Beach Resort — Crystal LakeVerified
- Dogtooth Lake Resort — Dogtooth LakeVerified
- EXCELLENT ADVENTURES OUTPOST — Red LakeVerified
- Eagle Lake Island Lodge — Eagle LakeVerified
- Eagle Lake Traditions — Eagle LakeVerified
- Epic Narrows Musky Lodge — Lake of the WoodsVerified
- Evergreen Lodge Ltd. — Eagle LakeVerified
- Fletcher Lake Lodge — Fletcher LakeVerified
- Grassy Narrow's Lodge — Lake of the WoodsVerified
- Green Island Lodge — Upper Manitou LakeVerified
- HARRIS HILL RESORT — Lake of the WoodsVerified
- HARRIS HILL RESORT — Lake of the Woods (lac des Bois)Verified
- Hal's Outposts — Loonhaunt LakeVerified
- Hanson's King Island Lodge — Lake of the WoodsVerified
- Hawk Lake Lodge — Hawk LakeVerified
Species presence from Ontario MNRF Aquatic Resource Area surveys (Open Government Licence — Ontario). Surveys don't cover every lake — absence of data isn't absence of fish. Always check current Ontario fishing regulations for seasons, limits and sanctuaries in FMZ 4 and 5.