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moosehunter3-0
02-17-2008, 05:28 PM
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02-17-2008, 05:29 PM
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mud slug
02-17-2008, 05:34 PM
looks like a great day to be out on the ice. had to take a hotshot out to fox creek. so hopefully i'll get out monday.
moosehunter3-0
02-17-2008, 05:41 PM
http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa244/moosehunter30/IMG_0470.jpg
So heres a group pic. These were my first ever burbot and I managed to land 8. The biggest burbot I caught was around 6 pounds which is probally pretty average and the rest were 5 and up. The pike was 6.1 pounds and 30 inches
CrowsnestGuy
02-17-2008, 05:55 PM
Looks like you had a good day!
Lethalconnection
02-17-2008, 06:06 PM
Great lookin haul you got there congrats.
-JR-
02-17-2008, 06:46 PM
Nice 6 pounder ! How do you like them are they better than pike !
I have not tried them yet ! Are they in shallow already ! How deep were you fishing ?
What kind of bait did you use ?
moosehunter3-0
02-17-2008, 06:57 PM
thanx for the comments. I was fishing on the edge of a drop off in 12 ft of water but a few yards closer to shore dropped off to 25. The guys fishing over the drop off caught a nice chunk of a pike that was probally around 13 pounds. I was origionally fishing with maggots for whitefish. I felt a little tension so i lifted (thinking it was a whitie) and ended up having a burb lol. After that some guys beside us showed us some tackel they were jigging off bottom with and we all started hammering them on those. I wasnt using bait, just a vertical spoon. We had one line out with a smelt for pike and got one burb on that too.
Drano
02-18-2008, 01:25 AM
Nice Fish... lots of snow up there...
Donny Bear
02-18-2008, 06:49 AM
Lookin Good congrats on the good days fishin and keep the posts coming your the future! Looks like a good future for alberta Outdoor Forum.
Pioneer2
02-18-2008, 09:10 AM
An easy way to get boneless burbot fillets is to impale the fish back up on a 2x4 with a 6" spike through it's head.This holds it still.Make a shallow cut around the back of neck area,run the fillet knife down spine [just under skin]full length on both sides of tail fin .[also cut along bottom tail fin]Grab skin with vicegrips and pull down[skin comes off like a sock]Leaving ribs and belly remove fillet[just meat]back to tail.No bones..................Harold
TundraBuck
02-18-2008, 11:43 AM
Good job, burbot are really easy to catch and they provide steady action all day when you find them!