Burbot spawn won't start up til March. Nube is right, Sylvan is always better action but Gull has way better quality fish. Went to Gull today with the brother and we caught a ton of fish, you must be doing something wrong or fishing in the wrong place nube! We fished the northwest corner, and my son caught a 43 inch pike, I caught a 37, a 35, my son caught a 32, and my brother, nephew, and son caught a few smaller as well. That was just pike. We caught 4 burbot, biggest was 8 pounds, smallest was about 3. We also caught 1 walleye, 8 perch (smallest was 8 inches biggest was 13) and 6 whitefish, all over 3 lbs. I think that was a good day. No one fishing near us for at least half a mile.