Last weekend’s lake trout opener found me sitting in the company of my wife’s uncles on Saganaga Lake, set up in 40 feet of water and hoping to spy a mark on the humming dial of my SONAR flasher. Lake ...
Jud Kratzer, a fisheries biologist for Vermont Fish and Wildlife, holds a freshly-caught burbot measuring 24.5". Beneath the ice in Vermont’s lakes and streams lives a cold-loving fish with a “beard” ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An angler holds up a burbot he landed while ice fishing. At first glance, a burbot looks like some sort of large, slimy eel. But, ...
Feb. 11—GRAND FORKS — All hail the once-lowly burbot, which now is considered a game fish species in Minnesota. About time, I say. Long considered the "ish of fish" — an understandable moniker, given ...
Burbot fishing is booming in popularity in Michigan as more discover the tasty coldwater species. But researchers are worried the population is struggling amid invasive species threats and overfishing ...