If you’re just looking to C&R, burbot bite well during their spawn (usually toward February and March) but you can’t retain them during this period in most Alberta lakes. But if you want to eat the poor man’s lobster, I’ve had luck after dark pounding silt with a smelt in 20ft near a drop off. It also tends to get easier to pique their interest the closer to the end of January you cut it.
It also helps for google search purposes to know that burbot go by tons of different regional names (eelpout, ling, lawyers, mariah, lake cod). Many diverse strategies for catching and cooking these beauties out there.
Good luck on your search for the fish that tastes better than it looks!
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