Flaming Gorge Burbot! (pics.)

[Tarponjim]

I don't have a clue how to target them. This one looked just like a lake trout on my sonar. I've read that they're primarily night feeders, and primarily fish eaters. Maybe just target them like lake trout, only at night. The lakers in the Gorge don't hit at night (they go into a coma!), so I guess if you get a bite jigging after dark, its likely to be a burbot. They reportedly like colder water, and spawn in very shallow water during the winter under the ice. That's all I found on Google searches. Maybe some people on a Great Lakes forum know how to go after them. They've got lots up there. Alaska lakes are full of them too. I'm sure they'll behave a little different here, and just like the lakers, not by "the book."
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