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 ...

SALT LAKE CITY – Anglers can win up to $10,000 next month if they reel one of the unwanted burbot fish in the Flaming Gorge Reservoir on the Utah-Wyoming border. The third-annual “Burbot Bash Fishing ...

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It's not true, Matt Breuer says, that a burbot can wrap itself around an angler's arm like a boa constrictor. "A burbot will try to do that, but it can't," Breuer says. Breuer concedes, however, that ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Geraldine Emerson of Terrebonne was fishing for sturgeon Sunday from a platform below John Day Dam when she hooked a 25-inch burbot. Burbot are a freshwater lingcod-type fish typically found in only ...

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 ...