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Ok this is the first time I have heard of Burbot.Has anyone caught Burbot at the gorge? Are they good tasteing,I looked it up on the web and some say its the fresh water COD fish.Sure is ugly looking! What do you catch these fish with?
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I think a burbot is the freshwater version of a ling cod. I really doubt that there are any "lings" at the Gorge. MR. J.
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Burbot(Lota Lota) aka - Ling or Eelpout. One of the freshwater members of the cod family. A large bottom dwelling predatory fish. Kind-a-sort-a catfish looking critter. I have not caught one at the Gorge yet. They stay really deep most of the year except in the srping when they move into the shallows to eat the spawn of everything they can. They also eat crustaceans and annalids or nematodes(wormy critters). You can catch them with worms, minnows or crawdads or with jigs, spinners, spoons, or ice flies. Most people only catch them while fishing deep for Macs or while ice fishing for anything - it's usually an unintentional and unwelcomed catch for most folks. They don't put up much of a fight - kind of like a walleye but a little more sprited in my experience. However, I found them quite tasty - as do many people. I cook them the same as catfish.

BTW - I think all fish are beautiful - especially if they are on my line.

P.S. - according to the DWR you should get as many as you can and take them home dead(i.e. no release unharmed) - I doubt you would limit out - even if you did, I doubt even more the DWR would care if you took too many. They seem to be considered unwelcome in many fisheries.
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I used to target them in the Tannana river in Alaska. We used setlines and bait for them. They are ugly but some call them the poor mans lobster. I have eaten many and they are great!
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HERE IS A LINK WITH SOME INFO
[url "http://www.bcadventure.com/adventure/angling/game_fish/burbot.phtml"]http://www.bcadventure.com/adventure/angling/game_fish/burbot.phtml[/url]
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HERE IS A COOL PIC OF ONE
[url "http://www.ci.barnum.mn.us/html/burbot.html"]http://www.ci.barnum.mn.us/html/burbot.html[/url]
[url "http://www.ci.barnum.mn.us/html/photo_gallery.html"][/url]
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[cool][#ff0000]Golly[/#ff0000], that's a cool, wierd looking fish! When I was a kid and my grandpa took me to the Queen Charlotte Islands in upper B.C. we caught a few ling cod while actually fishing with herring for salmon, and this picture reminded me of that. If they tast great like most cod do I wouldn't be [#ff0000]unhappy [/#ff0000]if one got on my line!
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just too let ya know thay are in the gorge and there have been a lot caught thay have came down the green from big sandy. eat em all...........
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THEY ARE COOL LOOKING. HOW DO THEY FIGHT? WHATS THE BEST METHOD TO CATCH THEM UP AT THE GORGE? AND THE BEST TIME THEY ARE ACTIVE. ILL CHASE A FEW.
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[red][size 3]Here are a coupla' other links. One about Burbot at Flaming Gorge and another just about Burbot. I was thinking of killing a few hours up there and see if I could hook up with some. [/size][/red]
[url "http://www.outdoorcentral.com/mc/pr/05/09/07a1b.asp"]http://www.outdoorcentral.com/mc/pr/05/09/07a1b.asp[/url]

[url "http://www.canadian-sportfishing.com/Tips&Techniques/Species_Info/SpeciesArticle1-1.asp?Species_Name=BURBOT"]http://www.canadian-sportfishing.com/Tips&Techniques/Species_Info/SpeciesArticle1-1.asp?Species_Name=BURBOT[/url]
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Does anyone else find it odd that the DWR put a limit of 25 fish on them at the gorge?

The law states you can keep 25 burbot, but that any and all burbot caught must be immediately kept and killed. So, if they are an invader, a nuisance species that they want out of there, and you HAVE to keep every single one you catch, then why put a limit on them at all? Why not have no limit like white bass at Utah Lake or Stripers at Powell?

So, if you are fishing for something else and you keep catching and keeping burbot, once you hit 25 you'd have to stop fishing. That seems weird to me. (Although probably unlikely you'd catch so many, but still.)
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I agree... so which is it....

You catch 25 burbot and kill/keep them. Then you start jigging for Macs and you keep catching them... are you going to get in trouble for releasing burbot or killing more than 25?
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Tube Dude
I agree that no one will catch 25, but maybe we have a burbot catching god[cool] among us. Then some rookie dwr cop will give him a ticket[crazy] on the 26 burbot pulled from the depths. By the way whats the limit on The Bear Lake Monster or Those Monster Willard Cats that I hear slurp float tubes on occasion[]
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