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Re: Targeted some burbot last night. [Re: Hutchy] #8099423
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Re: Targeted some burbot last night. [Re: Hutchy] #8099430
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I've tried them several times and wasn't impressed. There isn't that much edible meat on them and it's OK. I would take a walleye or a perch over them.


Heard on the news that the mayor of Chicago is calling for a cease fire in Gaza. Maybe should call for a cease fire in Chicago.
Re: Targeted some burbot last night. [Re: Hutchy] #8099434
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no not much edible meat,backstraps an tail meat,and if you clean them right you dont have to mess with the big belly full of guts,that gets messy.trapper7 did you ever have them boiled and in butter?just wondering cause ive had them deep fried and didnt care that much for them that way.poor mans lobster!


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Re: Targeted some burbot last night. [Re: HILLTOP TRAPPER] #8099447
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Originally Posted by HILLTOP TRAPPER
no not much edible meat,backstraps an tail meat,and if you clean them right you dont have to mess with the big belly full of guts,that gets messy.trapper7 did you ever have them boiled and in butter?just wondering cause ive had them deep fried and didnt care that much for them that way.poor mans lobster!

First time we tried them was deep fried. I didn't like them at all that way. They are better boiled and dipped in butter. Still prefer walleyes, perch, and wild caught salmon.


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Re: Targeted some burbot last night. [Re: Trapper7] #8099465
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I've tried them several times and wasn't impressed. There isn't that much edible meat on them and it's OK. I would take a walleye or a perch over them.


Are there any lakes in Minnesota with deep water ...like 100 feet Depths ?


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Re: Targeted some burbot last night. [Re: Nessmuck] #8099514
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I've tried them several times and wasn't impressed. There isn't that much edible meat on them and it's OK. I would take a walleye or a perch over them.


Are there any lakes in Minnesota with deep water ...like 100 feet Depths ?

not really that i know of,when we get em on LOTW we're usually in about 30-35 ft water,i guess when they are in deep water its relative to the lake your on,mille lacs seemed about same depth but thats about the deepest it gets out in no mans land(mud flats)


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Re: Targeted some burbot last night. [Re: Trapper7] #8099515
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Originally Posted by Trapper7
I've tried them several times and wasn't impressed. There isn't that much edible meat on them and it's OK. I would take a walleye or a perch over them.

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Re: Targeted some burbot last night. [Re: Nessmuck] #8099563
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I've tried them several times and wasn't impressed. There isn't that much edible meat on them and it's OK. I would take a walleye or a perch over them.


Are there any lakes in Minnesota with deep water ...like 100 feet Depths ?

There used to be a lot of them on MilleLacs lake, but you don't catch them like you used to years ago. In the winter we used to catch them in 15 feet or so sometimes.


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Re: Targeted some burbot last night. [Re: Hutchy] #8099568
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Them deep cold water lakes ...make good tasting fish


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Re: Targeted some burbot last night. [Re: Northof50] #8099569
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Originally Posted by Northof50
There is something with their liver that mammal predators do not eat them ( 30% of body weight). So for a draw station or Boco jackpot not the best bait to use.


Ive caught at least half my lifetime catch with burbot for bait so must be a regional thing. IDK


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Re: Targeted some burbot last night. [Re: Hutchy] #8099571
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We call the Loche (LOSH)
we fish for them as soon as the rivers freeze at the mouth of creeks that connect to lakes. We mostly catch them in 2-6 feet of water. my best night of fishing was on a december evening in my early teens when i caught about 350 in about 4 hours from sun down (4pm) until around 8pm. They were still biting but my two sleds were full with the loche and about 80 coney. One lap around Aklavik and the fish were all distributed. 50" and 35 lbs would be considered a big loche here. I caught about 200 the next day again in a couple hours and gave the whole thing to my late uncle, that lived in the bush, to feed himself and his 3 dogs. I used to love fishing but now I dont do it nearly as much as i used to.


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Re: Targeted some burbot last night. [Re: Ryan McLeod] #8099663
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Originally Posted by Ryan McLeod
We call the Loche (LOSH)
we fish for them as soon as the rivers freeze at the mouth of creeks that connect to lakes. We mostly catch them in 2-6 feet of water. my best night of fishing was on a december evening in my early teens when i caught about 350 in about 4 hours from sun down (4pm) until around 8pm. They were still biting but my two sleds were full with the loche and about 80 coney. One lap around Aklavik and the fish were all distributed. 50" and 35 lbs would be considered a big loche here. I caught about 200 the next day again in a couple hours and gave the whole thing to my late uncle, that lived in the bush, to feed himself and his 3 dogs. I used to love fishing but now I dont do it nearly as much as i used to.


You are saying you catch 50 inch burbot??

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Re: Targeted some burbot last night. [Re: Hutchy] #8099687
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Eel Pout when I lived in Mn. Mississippi River full of them. Great tasting fish. Just the back straps for me. Boiled Then salt pepper and butter. Tastes just like cod. Poor man’s Lobster.

Re: Targeted some burbot last night. [Re: Hutchy] #8099760
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Originally Posted by Hutchy
Originally Posted by Ryan McLeod
We call the Loche (LOSH)
we fish for them as soon as the rivers freeze at the mouth of creeks that connect to lakes. We mostly catch them in 2-6 feet of water. my best night of fishing was on a december evening in my early teens when i caught about 350 in about 4 hours from sun down (4pm) until around 8pm. They were still biting but my two sleds were full with the loche and about 80 coney. One lap around Aklavik and the fish were all distributed. 50" and 35 lbs would be considered a big loche here. I caught about 200 the next day again in a couple hours and gave the whole thing to my late uncle, that lived in the bush, to feed himself and his 3 dogs. I used to love fishing but now I dont do it nearly as much as i used to.


You are saying you catch 50 inch burbot??


48” is my personal best but there’s been bigger ones caught for sure.


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Re: Targeted some burbot last night. [Re: Hutchy] #8099763
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Re: Targeted some burbot last night. [Re: WI Outdoors] #8099766
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We call those ling.
Good eating out of cold water.
Never heard of anyone smoking ling here.

They have several names. Eelpout is another name for them.

Also called Lawers in my neck of the woods.


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Re: Targeted some burbot last night. [Re: Ryan McLeod] #8099773
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That's huge

Re: Targeted some burbot last night. [Re: Hutchy] #8099777
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Here's a 44" 28 pounder. I'll have to search pretty deep to find a picture of the one I caught but I know my dad has pictures somewhere.


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There was an industry here trap netting them under the ice with fyke or hoop nets. The liver was the target.

Growing up, mink ranchers trapnetted them to feed the mink...

Grandad fried up burbot livers many times, love it, I thought it stunk up Grandmas kitchen. Those livers are full of oil.


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Re: Targeted some burbot last night. [Re: Ryan McLeod] #8099825
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Here's a 44" 28 pounder. I'll have to search pretty deep to find a picture of the one I caught but I know my dad has pictures somewhere.

Man, unreal!!

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