A pair of nice burbot on the ice. Burbot, also known as ling, are easily one of the most interesting fish that swim in U.S. lakes and rivers. If you’ve never heard of them, it might be because you’ve ...

COUER d’ALENE, Id. — The Panhandle Region’s Idaho Fish and Game is giving out free swag to local fishermen. Part of the Kootenai River Angler Science Program, the fishery is doing research on the ...

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Look! Down in the water! It’s an eel! It’s a catfish! No, it’s a… burbot? If you plan on trying to catch one, you better plan to in the near future, before you miss your chance. Although they are one ...

In this episode, I head out onto 4.5 inches of ice for an overnight ice camping trip targeting burbot, also called eelpout or ...

LAPORTE COUNTY, Ind. (WNDU) - A state record that once stood the test of time for 32 years has now been broken twice in two weeks! On Tuesday, Jan. 10, Phillip Duracz caught a new state record burbot ...

This is a story of revenge. Two stories, actually. Tales of elusive species that successfully evaded my capture — until the triumphant moment when they didn’t. Our first story begins six years ago, ...

GREEN RIVER — A $1,000 reward has been posted for catching an ugly fish out of Fontenelle Reservoir in western Wyoming. The fish are called burbot and they're not native to the upper Green River ...

The burbot is the Rodney Dangerfield of the Oneida Lake fishery. Most anglers catching them through the ice during the winter just toss them aside, giving the gulls and other birds a free meal. “They ...

The January/February edition of “Pages of Time,” a newsletter published by the Roseau County Historical Society – of which I’m a member – included a “willies”-inducing” article about burbot that ...

An Indiana angler has shattered a state record with his recent Lake Michigan catch of a 14-pound, 3.6-ounce burbot. Anthony Burke’s catch on Jan. 6 eclipsed the previous record by nearly three pounds ...