Fishing for Burbot (Ling, Eelpout, Lawyers, Cusk)

[DTeska]

Hi

Don't know if anyone else here likes to go for burbot (aka eelpout, lush, ling, lawyers, cusk, etc...) but I thought I'd share the link to these how-to videos from Alaska.

http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adf...ion.burbot

The first one shows how to set line for burbot, and the second shows the slickest way to fillet a burbot that I've ever seen. You gotta check it out.

Good fishing!
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[wiperhunter2]

Welcome to the site DTeska. We don't have burbot as big as the one at your link but we get them up to 38". Here is a link to a recent outting for them: [url "http://www.bigfishtackle.com/forum/gforum.cgi?do=post_view_flat;post=779099;page=1"]http://www.bigfishtackle.com/forum/gforum.cgi?do=post_view_flat;post=779099;page=1[/url]
Are you from Alaska?
WH2
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[davetclown]

Havent got one of them though the ice yet, I have caught Dog Fish "Bow Fish" though the ice.

Depending on where you get them they can have a nice clean white flesh, or they can be like stinky and as greesy as a can of what reminds me of soured machein greese. If you have ever done repairs to milling macheins you will know what I mean.

What I have found is that if the area is clean the flesh seems to be clean and not greesy. Meaning the body of water dose not have black muck areas.

It makes me wonder of Burbot has the same charactoristics and bow fish.