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This sounds so good.. Never fished for this strange fish before but would love to give it a try. What to you do with these weird looking thing after you land them?? Fillet or I guess I should say field dress?? Any photos or suggestions
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[cool][#0000ff]Burbot are members of the cod family. Very few bones and they are large enough to be easily detected during the filleting process.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Fillet them just like most other fish...slice off each side and then skin by running the knife between flesh and skin. They have slick scaleless skin, like catfish. Slice out the small rib cage and you have a long boneless strip of fish flesh. Most guys cut the fillet into chunks before cooking.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Another good way to fix them is sauteeing in garlic and butter. You can also bake them, grill them or deep fry them. No way to ruin them. They are good just about any way you wanna cook them up.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff][url "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rRI-A194eU&feature=related"]HERE IS A LINK[/url] to a brief video on UTube.[/#0000ff]
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Thats a great vido.. I have never fished them either.. How big do they get.. I have been reading on here that people fish them at night.. Can you catch them any time of the day.. Also what lakes do they inhabit here ??
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Thats a great vido.. I have never fished them either.. How big do they get.. I have been reading on here that people fish them at night.. Can you catch them any time of the day.. Also what lakes do they inhabit here ?? [/reply]
I caught one last year ice fishing Linwood bay at Flaming Gorge. I got it around 3PM in the afternoon in 90 feet of water jigging for macs. They are only in the Gorge and the Green River feeding the Gorge unless the bucket biologists have been busy again.
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yea that u tube hooked me up with the eelpout thing in Minnesota. A winter time thing I somehow missed out on growing up there. I thought southerners talked funny. [laugh]
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[#0000ff]The world record burbot was just over 22 pounds and about 41 inches long. In Flaming Gorge...so far the only Utah burbot habitat...they are reaching over 30 inches. Who knows how big they will get? They have only been in the Gorge a few years and they can live as long as 15 years. If they continue to have plenty of food (crawdads, smallmouth, small trout, suckers, chubs, sculpins and fish eggs) they could probably get well over 36 inches and 10 to 15 pounds...or more.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Burbot can be caught at any depth, at any time of day. They often come into shallower water at night, to feed, and that is when they are most vulnerable to fishermen. Also, they tend to stay shallower in the winter months, since they are getting ready to spawn in the rocky areas about February.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]As Utah anglers learn more about burbot, and their favorite hangouts and feeding spots, I predict that they will develop a real following. There are no other fish in our state that are larger, bite better, are such great eating and have no limits. That, and the fact that they tend to school in defined areas, makes them a great fish for social ice fishing groups. Factor in that DWR wants them heavily harvested and there is a lot of motivation to go out and do your part to help the ecology of Da Gorge...and to fill your freezer with great fillets too.[/#0000ff]
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What are the regs. on this fish.. If any ??
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[cool][#0000ff]No size restrictions. Mandatory keeping of all fish caught. No release. Until the end of 2007, a token limit of 25 fish. After January 2008, no limit.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Pretty generous for anglers looking to KEEP AND CONSUME.[/#0000ff]
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Sounds like fun, eh?
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I heard Burbot were illegaly put in the Gorge. Are they hard to catch?
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burbot are not a member of the cod family thay are a fresh water fish that has no realations to ling cod in eny way shape or form every thing i have read or been told says the same thing wyo is in the proseses of doing some studies which will help us all understand this fish a little better
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[cool][#0000ff]You are right about them not being related to LING COD...even though they are called ling in many places.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]But, you are WRONG about them not being members of the cod family. [url "http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9018119/burbot"]Here is a link to Encyclopedia Britannica[/url]. Maybe you would care to argue with them.[/#0000ff]
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[black][size 3]Burbot is a member of the cod family, and I guess that it is the only fresh water version.[/size][/black]
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[size 3]For additional enterainment and an informative read, check out (if you believe Wikipedia) the attached:[/size]
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[url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cod"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cod[/url]
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Here is another link to them. [url "http://www.fishbase.org/NomenClature/ScientificNameSearchList.cfm?Genus=Gadus"]Cod Family[/url] Actually I do believe that the common Ling Cod is not a cod as well, it is actually a bottom Rock fish.
[url "http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/%7Efrf/rfe2lc.html"]
Link for the common Ling Cod[/url]
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well iam eatin crow.
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[#0000ff]How do you fix that crow? Fried or roasted?[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]No need to be or embarrassed. Burbot are like a lot of other fish...subject to misunderstandings...especially when they show up in new waters. Two years ago most Utah folks did not know burbot from bagpipes. Now we are up to our behinds in the critters and everybody is still learning about them.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Part of the problem in proper identification is the number of different names they have been tagged with around the country...eel pout, ling, lawyer, loche and even "freshwater cod" in some areas. Some folks just call them "lotas"...from their scientific name "lota lota".[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I have had the good fortune to have fished all over the country, fresh water and salt, and to have caught burbot, true cod and the ling cod of the Pacific coast. I know the differences firsthand, but folks who have never fished outside of Utah find it easy to be by all the different names and misinformation that gets passed around.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The Internet has made it possible for us to gather a whole lot of info much easier than in the past. All we need to do is punch in a couple of words in a search engine and our computer serves us up more stuff than we could ever read. It is unbelievable how much is available on the lowly burbot. Here is just one example of a [url "http://www.fishalaskamagazine.com/archives/burbot302.htm"]WEBSITE ON BURBOT[/url] (link) picked from a list of thousands of such pages.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Burbot have been prized for winter sport and good eating for many years in the great lakes region. They are also popular in Alaska and other states into which they have been introduced. I personally think that they will level out in Flaming Gorge and will not be the devastating force that everybody fears. I hope I am not wrong. I don't like crow.[/#0000ff]
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[black][size 3]No need to develop a taste for crow. That's one good thing about this forum, a person can advance a thought, and be it right or wrong, someone is going to learn from it.[/size][/black]
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[size 3]If everyone who posted here made a total Internet investigation of subject matter for accuracy, no one would post.[/size]
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[size 3]No member can be an expert on every subject. Proving that BFT is one good learning tool.[/size]
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I am hoping to get up there and try to catch some this year. I would like to try the slimey little things. I have heard that the are the most slimey fish out there.
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I was wonderig if somebody could give me directions from ogden to Lost Dog, aslo how long of a drive do you think it is and current ice conditions ( can you take a rhino out on the ice yet?) Thinking of heading up Saturday afternoon! Thanks Scott
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