01-23-2013, 11:24 PM
I fished firehole area at the gorge for burbot the last week of december. Look for rocky cliff areas that extend into the water and fish close to them. Use glow jigs tipped with minnows or sucker meat and charge your jigs as often as possible, it seemed to help alot. I have heard of people dead sticking(not jigging) but I actually did better doing a slow jig, that way if I felt any resistant while lifting up I would set the hook. They bite very light, even the big ones so if you feel any small twitch or resistance just set hard. Also I would be sure to have a nice set of pliers handy as the burbots mouth is very tough and hard to get a hook out of. Some even grind off the barb of the hooks to go burbot fishing, now I know why. I hppe this helps a little, best of luck, happy fishing!
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