Hit holmes for some burbot acation and it started off very slow was wondering if eny thing was going to happen at all when all of a sudden I got that small tap it was the burbot my first of the night was around 14'' or so not easy to get a chunk of meat off that's for sure thay did get bigger with a couple pushing 25'' most action was in 42-52ft of water useing a glow 1/4 curly tail with a small strip of sucker meat and a splash of smelly jelly crawfish hit's are lite and fast much like the lake trout but these guy's will hang on a bit longer and if thay dont eat it thay will be back I was hiting the light on the jig to make it briter and that really seam's to help keeping it close to the bottom with short lifts up to 8-10in off the bottom worked the best tonight allso helped to move around just a little was on the water for 5:30pm and off at 9:00 finnished off with 8 total and a few missed a couple lost thay are easy to catch and a change I think about eny thing glow and next to the bottom will get eat cant wait for the ice so i dont have to run the electric lol enjoy FISH
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Sounds like you had some fun. I can't wait for the ice either. Hows the best way to cook em up?
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Ash,
Delighted to read your post. In addition to being a master of lake trout, rainbow and bass it seems as though you're demonstrating your competence with the burbot. My congratulations.
I am looking forward to seeing you again this fall and to take you up on your gracious offer to fish with you, but I must admit I'm a little uncertain about fishing on the ice. Cowardice or good sense? Who Knows, but I'm not going to miss the chance to fish with you. I'll just have to cowboy up! warmest regards, Steve
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Nice report Ash, good to hear you are doing your post to thin out those burbot[
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yes I fished the spawning bed's at holmes on the east side at the north end of the cliff's it is rocky and gravely so it is a great place to pic them up.and get this the big one I got took a ton of line lol ash
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well Steve as soon as I get back from this deer hunt this weekend in colorado it will be a mission of mine to rid the lake of these slimmy little buger's so we can even get out in the boiat and do just as good I think later ASH
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Hey Ash, thanks for the burbot update, I'll talk to Ken and see if we can make it up real soon. talk to you later chuck
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Thanks for the report, it sounds easy is this the best time of year to get them and tipping your lure is that the best way??
Do they hit in day time or just night???
In most cases I go out of Lucerne and hope to see you up there soon maybe get some pointers on how and where to catch a few of them....
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Way ta getR dun ol' buddy. Keep them busy and dusted off until I get up there to help.
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[font "Tempus Sans ITC"][#808000][size 3]Very nice Ash, Thanks for the insight on these guys. The Browns up north are starting to heat up so get ahold of me and we'll se what we can put together and get you one of those guys.[/size][/#808000][/font]
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a kid I know from salt lake just caught a 13 lb brown at anvil . I will be up at holmes most night's that I can till we get ice mostly weekend's then after it ice's up I can just stop on my way home for an hr or two thay are so easy to catch it's going to be fun.
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after linwood open's back up for all night fishing the spawning hump's should be great for them I know thay are eatin the hell out of the koke egg's and full of craw fish but I would say evning or early morning would be the best it slowed down after 9 last night ya just jet me a pm when you come up and I will point you in what direction I have found later ASH
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i was wondering when they would start up. you back on the pond or is there moore hunts? wana get up soon! call ya[
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heading to colorado for one more muley hunt in the morning be back monday with fishing on my mind these burbot are fun and great to eat so heck I will thin them as much as I can u and chuck get up hear get are burbot on and go look at some big rutin muley's ok thay will still be on my mind till next yr lol catch ya in a few day's
not long and I will be back on the macs[cool]FISH
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we are planning on the 13th. we may come up the 12th after work. any room in the trailor? the rut should be full swing by then. when do you put in for wyo hunting tags? we should try and do this thing next season.
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well I allway's tell you just get up hear .colorado was awsome saw a ton of buck's no monster's but we had a great time did bring 2 home out of 8 tag's a 24''6x5 with split eye gardes and a first timer with us wacked a 28''2x3 that is a heavy son of a gun all blady but he was never going to get eny better he has been a 2x3 for at least 4yr my buddy pic's his shead's up every yr so it was a great deer to get out and for a first timer it was awsome try to make it on the weekend so I'am around if you can if not I dont get home till 7 so we could still meet at holmes and wack the burbot I may go out tonightif I can get all my huntin stuff put away for the yr just give me a shout bro later ASH oh ya we cooked up the burbot and it was awsome a littl;e egg,milk then throw it in what ever batter you like thay are awsome I used saltteens and flour with some spice's cant beet them I dont think...........
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Ash - good to meet you in person finally. We'll probably catch up to you again next week when we come up. Cooked the burbot we caught, they are good eating, probably the best freshwater fish I've tasted, a little egg and crumbled ritz crackers, mmm.
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I have been wanting to drop you a line not 2 min after I left you guy's and got back to the sppot I was get bit I satyed for a while I'am headed up to buckboard to help pull fish from the gill net's will drop a little story about that later chat soon chris and it was great to finally meet you guy's later ASH
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