Burbot will be lurking under the Tanana River ice, just waiting for the second annual “Between Bridges Burbot Fishing Derby” ...

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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 ...

This winter, anglers can participate in three fishing derbies and one angler harvest program in southwest Wyoming that ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — Idaho Fish and Game reports burbot fishing the Kootenai River is the perfect way to cure cabin fever. The fish are found in the shallow tributaries in the winter. Burbot is also ...

Idaho Fish and Game is asking anglers to help gather important data on the Kootenai River burbot fishery through its Kootenai ...

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” ...

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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 ...

Slimy. Fat. And, in its own special way, beautiful. Brent Getzler of Roosevelt, Minn., poses with a 19-pound, 10-ounce burbot he caught while ice fishing the Minnesota waters of Lake of the Woods Dec.