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OK guys I see in the proc that any Burbot caught at the Gorge must be kept because they were illegally introduced into the water. What the heck is a Burbot?? I guess this means we'll be seeing them soon on the Green as well.
Are they bigger fish like trout or are they small like a sculpin or cisco? Are they legal to use as bait? If they're small the big lakers might like them.
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SAW A POST A WHILE AGO I THAUGHT IT SAID THEY COULD REACH 15 POUNDS OR SO. LOOK AT WY RECORDS AND SEE WHAT THE BEST IS SO FAR.
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Attached is a drawing of a burbot, or ling cod as they are also commonly known. They are said to live 10 to 15 years, and spawn in the winter, under the ice, in northern lakes. They're good eating, but I guess they are not what the ecosystem of the Gorge needs, as far as food supply goes. So having to keep any you catch isn't such a bad thing; just eat 'em!
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thats a lot bigger than i thought they grew. nice looking fish.
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My GAAWD them things are ugly! I used to catch them out of Lake Oahe in South Dakota while fishing for northerns with live chub or suckers. Back there they refer to them as ling or eelpout.
They're pretty fair table fare. You just gotta get them filleted & get rid of that god awful ugly outside.
They are a pretty voracious predator so I can't see any good that's gonna come from the actions of some stupid damn addle brained bucket biologist(s).
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WOW!!!! I gues they won't be Laker food will they. They are pretty dang ugly but then again a channel cat aint going to win any beauty contest either. Guess you won't be seeing them in the Green River.
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I've also caught them in Oahe when I lived there. They are very tasty, but are predators in the extreme. We got them through the ice with live 6" sucker minnows on tip-ups. The one C/F put up is huge. Most we got were about 7 pounds or so.
We'd also gig them throught the ice in winter when they came into the shallows to spawn. I hope they don't take hold in the Gorge, those Macks are starving to death as it is. Next thing you know the Macks will have to eat the precious Rainbows.
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They already eat the rainbows.
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The thing I don't understand is that they say any burbot caught must be kept and killed.....I can understand that, but there is a limit of 25? You'd think there would be no limit if they were trying to irradicate them from the lake....anyone else get this?
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[cool][#0000ff]Here's a theory for you. The bucket biologists got the problem started. Now DWR is using reverse psychology to encourage poachers to clean them out. Put a limit on them and the midnight harvesters will fill their pickups with them.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Pretty clever.[/#0000ff]
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