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 ...

Burbot bite best in winter, especially at night, sometimes frustrating those who target walleyes. It’s one of the few fish species that spawns beneath the ice in midwinter.

This video breaks down effective strategies for targeting burbot during the pre-spawn season, when their behavior and feeding patterns change. Learn where to find pre-spawn burbot, what baits and rigs ...

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

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YELLOWSTONE RIVER — Burbot, which look like a cross between an eel and a catfish, are slippery creatures. So it took a few doses of liquid sedative in a tub of river water to calm one enough so it ...