took off last night to hit the lost dog area for burbot got there a little early around 5 and the bows were all over the top feeding like crazy i made a few casts and caught a few nice fat 20'' bows the water has a ton of bloom floating in it it looks like pee soup bad but it didnt scare me off i started at LD in 30ft of water after about 30min and no bites i moved down around the bend and looked for 30-35ft of water and man it was on i only caught 25 fish but 8 of them were in the 34-36'' range best burbs to date for me thay all had small bass in them and the smaller fish were loaded with crawfish it is time to start boys thay are big this yr and need killing i was the only boat out but that is normal most are scared of the dark i guess get out and catch your share .
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[font "Times New Roman"][#000000]So it sounds like you the burbot were pretty shallow this time then? Did they bite good all night and did they move deeper? Also, how do you like to fish from your boat at night? Do you just anchor down or drift a little? I am curious because I plan to make some changes on mine to make it easy for night fishing.[fishin][/#000000][/font]
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A friend was down around swim beach in 80 ft of water trying to jig for macks and all they caught was burbot, some were as large as 28'. I had no idea they were as shallow as you caught them this time of the year.
Thanks for posting your report Ash, it has been a while since your last one[
]. How much do you think the largest burbot weighed?
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DANG MANG !!!! SOUNDS LIKE A DECENT OUTIN FOR THE BURBS ASH.. iVE BEEN WATCHIN FOR A REPORT FROM YOU.. IM FROTHIN AT THE GILLS WAITIN FOR ICE TO GET ON.. KEEP US UPDATED..WHATS THE EARLIEST YOU HAVE SEEN ICE ON THE UPPER END ?? FISH ON..FISHAMANIAC...
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I know that area well. Problem is, no boat! [frown] Do have a float tube though. Would go if I knew I'd have a real good chance of finding those burbs with my tube. Pretty far for me and don't have many nickeIs. Usually hit the confluence on the w. side. ??? Any suggestions?
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Same question...where did you launch? I've only fished out of Lucerne with the boat but have tools, will travel [
]. What is the closest ramp to the confluence? When, give or take, does the ice come on the north end?
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yum yum. rest assured I will do my best to take all the burbs that are allowed by law... Nice report and wtg
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Sweet report Ash. Were you deadstickin' it near the bottom like you were this summer, or actively jiggin' it?
Ryno
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We were icefishing Firehole on 4 inches of ice last year on December 9th. The year before I fished the same area on December 30th and had 11 inches of ice. It's been pretty warm this fall though.......
Ryno
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i was wondering how it went. guess you found the store. sportsmans closed 8 stores. that explains the empty store. ash and i hit 7200 south store and the fishing dept is hateing it!!! well call me before your next days off. maybee i can bring cody to fish with braiden soon. ken[fishin]
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i put in at buckboard and tracked my way up lake fished 30-40ft with glow grubs more dead stickin than jigin no more than 10'' off bottom tiped with sucker strip and a drop or two of crawfish smelly jelly same pattern as ice but in a boat you can move all over bring head lamp and spot light to glow the jig and find your way back to BB if you dont track it watch out for ducks on the way in lol i aint bsin dang coots i only fished till around 10 then headed in to clean slimers i stay on top of the spots using my electric motor no anchors allowed in my boat your fishing edges of shelfs so you cant be swingin all over or else you drop off in to deep water.
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You can launch at Buckboard and it is just a short jaunt north.
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