Fishing Forum

Went North last Fri/Sat and hit the cold waters of MT. Fishing was pretty slow but for the most part it was a great trip[]. I friend and his wife came up late Fri and we went out and tried the burbot fishing for an hr or so- I landed my first one[cool][cool]! I should have spent more time out there-fished about an hr and missed maybe two other bites is all. Fileted that thing up when I got home and wow-those are some tasty fish!

Caught a few browns trolling and we had at least 4 rainbows on when fishing the NE bank with chromonids but couldn't keep them on. Those fish have some shoulders on them! Water temp was 44 in the top 15 ft or so and dropped to 38 around 30ft down. I think fishing will only improve in the weeks to follow[cool].
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Try it breaded and deep fried..Oh boy!

If we ever get some warm weather the fishing will pick up. When the upper level gets into the upper 50-low 60's the rainbow bite is great. They are pretty fantastic on the grill also.
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Wow! I like the last pix the best. I also the like the deep fried idea! I'm so glad I got left home!
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Good report Ironrod! Glad you got to try the burbot!
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The Burbot are on my Bucketlist. I just have so many places I want to try with my limited time...and money...decisions decisions.

Windriver
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Yes- I'll take Eddie along and also deep fry those buggers next time! Like was said-just one more off my bucket list![fishon]
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thx again mmdon![sly]-just like you said...anchor by the dam and fish with sucker meat in about 80ft of water[]
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Thats pretty deep. You'll catch more in the 50 foot range durig the day and shallower at night, I usally start in the 35' range amd move intop 20-25 feet.. They move into the shallows at night to hunt crayfish. In the winter we get them as shallow as 6-8 feet. A rattle glow jig with sucker meat or a small dead shiner works best for me
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I am not much on burbot and have never been there before but have been curious about this lake, what size do the trout average there typically? Very nice brown and the background of the lake looks beautiful, guess I need to get up there some time.
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I wondered about that...I had marked quite a few bottom fish earlier in the day so just headed back to that spot at night-now I know![] so those burbot better watch out!

The trout average is around 20"--red meat on both rainbows/browns too. Limit is 3 fish. It's worth dragging the boat/just hope the dang gas prices fall[:/]
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Looks like they lifted most of the consumption warnings for Clark!
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