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Hello all. I'm new to this forum so take it easy on me!

I'd like to get into burbot fishing. We don't have a boat, so I'll be fishing of piers in winter on lake Erie. What tackle would you recommend for fishing burbot before the ice comes?

Reel, rod, line, lure, anything.

I here they don't fight, so i was thinking a medium action spinning set-up with 8-10lb test. Would that be ok?

Thanks!
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Well over here on the westcoast we tear them ling up on any kind of glow grubs,tubes,spoons and plain ole cut bait.. Winter time can produce good numbers but can be a hit er miss deal..Glow jig heads from 1/8 to 1/2 dependin on the depths your fishin and how fast you wanna get down to the bottom were they are 99 % of the time..I use 8 to 12lb mono dependind on areas im in.. I like to fish for them in really rocky areas no deeper than 45ft jig off the bottom 6inches ..Dead stick or activin jiggin will put them ling in thre cooler [][]
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they will hit worms under a bobber.

When I target them, I use large peices of cut bait under a hard ball size bobber. I have caugt them in the day time, but after dark past 10 pm has turned up quite a few.

I have even caught them though the ice on live minnow.

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caught on 2lb test line.

Inconclusion, day time I would go with cut bait under a bobber, and night cut bait or dead minnow under a large bobber.

hook size would be the same as you would use on bass, and test, 6-12 pounds.
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