Burbot, a native Lake Michigan fish, ... a stout rod and 12-pound or heavier line to fish cut bait on a large hook. The rig is typically weighted with 1 ounce or more to keep it on the bottom. ...

The burbot, 32 1/2 inches long with a girth of 15 1/2 inches, weighed 9.68 pounds, besting the existing record (9 pounds, 5.6 ounces) that Freddie Ray Prebianca caught Dec. 9, 2018 while fishing ...

With two state records this fall and a building interest around the Lake Michigan shoreline, burbot as a species earns Fish of the Year honors. Federal cuts threaten independent journalism. Here's ...

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 ...

Ling are truly the fish of many names, often called burbot but also lingcod, eel pout, mud shark, lawyer and poor man’s lobster.

Burbot live in northern waterways around the globe and Oneida lake is in their southernmost range. The fish, which is a cousin to the saltwater cod, is also called an eelpout, dogfish or lawyer.

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 ...

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.