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11-10-2011, 11:43 AM
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early season burbot
Well a trip for whites is coming up, when night falls should I switch over to the glow jigs to catch burbot coming shallow to eat whitefish eggs?
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11-10-2011, 12:29 PM
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When the whitefish are spawning, the burbs are usually active through the day. I've had little luck getting them at night during white spawning.
I've seen them swim amongst the packs of whites, they seem to ignore each other.
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11-10-2011, 02:43 PM
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one thing to add..... Burbs have real good snouts and like stinky
bait. so....... if your using a Jig... get one of the power bait type
plastics to hang on it...
it may get you a few more nibbles...
best of luck......
ps; Burbs are evidence that Jackfish " ^&%$ " snakes....
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11-10-2011, 03:32 PM
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My fav for burb is a glow tube jig, filled with a smelt.
1. I pull back the tube and rig the smelt like I was just going to rig it
2. Pull the tube back over the smelt
3. Rip off most of the dangly bits of the smelt(darn those short strikers)
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11-10-2011, 04:21 PM
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We've caught several daytime burbs and not one on an overnighter last week. The burbs were caught in about 8 feet of water not far off shore, maybe 60'. Casting for them may be possible till Monday in the south, not sure what north of calgary is like out there though.
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11-10-2011, 05:47 PM
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Originally Posted by GustavMahler
We've caught several daytime burbs and not one on an overnighter last week. The burbs were caught in about 8 feet of water not far off shore, maybe 60'. Casting for them may be possible till Monday in the south, not sure what north of calgary is like out there though.
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Just landed my first Alberta ling, 35min from Calgary.
6lb'er on a set half smelt in 15' of water.
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11-10-2011, 07:16 PM
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The evenings catch.
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11-10-2011, 07:23 PM
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The evenings catch.
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How are you getting the skin off 
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11-10-2011, 07:26 PM
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How are you getting the skin off |
The hard way 
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11-10-2011, 07:28 PM
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haha it must have took some time, get a 2x4 and nail its head down. then cut around the neck without punching through the organs then pull it off with pleirs.
then beer batter it and your golden
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11-10-2011, 07:39 PM
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haha it must have took some time, get a 2x4 and nail its head down. then cut around the neck without punching through the organs then pull it off with pleirs.
then beer batter it and your golden
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Yup, this is how we did it at the cottage years past. I didn't have a 2x4, or nail, or time to play in the dark today.
Of interest from wiki:
the liver of the burbot has 3 to 4 times the potency in vitamin D, and 4 to 10 times in vitamin A, than “good grades” of cod-liver oil. The vitamin content varies in Burbot from lake to lake, where their diet may have some variation. Additionally, the burbot liver makes up approximately 10% of the fish's total body weight, and its liver is six times the size of those of freshwater fish of comparable size. Ted also found in his research that the oil is lower in viscosity, and more rapidly digested and assimilated than most other fish liver oils
very cool
burbot livers dramatically increase fur quality in foxes, I'm hoping it'll make my hair grow back. fingers crossed.
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11-10-2011, 09:30 PM
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Originally Posted by BeeGuy
Yup, this is how we did it at the cottage years past. I didn't have a 2x4, or nail, or time to play in the dark today.
Of interest from wiki:
the liver of the burbot has 3 to 4 times the potency in vitamin D, and 4 to 10 times in vitamin A, than “good grades” of cod-liver oil. The vitamin content varies in Burbot from lake to lake, where their diet may have some variation. Additionally, the burbot liver makes up approximately 10% of the fish's total body weight, and its liver is six times the size of those of freshwater fish of comparable size. Ted also found in his research that the oil is lower in viscosity, and more rapidly digested and assimilated than most other fish liver oils
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So jealous! It's been almost a year since I last had burbot liver. Never got the chance to go out this fall for them. Cut them into small slices, salt and pepper in a dry cast iron pan, DROOL..........
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11-10-2011, 11:04 PM
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So, I just filleted them like normal and cut the skins off no problem at all.
2 fish is a lot of meat for 1 man.
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11-10-2011, 11:31 PM
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So, I just filleted them like normal and cut the skins off no problem at all.
2 fish is a lot of meat for 1 man.
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Looks great bee
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11-11-2011, 07:10 AM
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So, I just filleted them like normal and cut the skins off no problem at all.
2 fish is a lot of meat for 1 man.
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last winter I did some in the smoker, rubbed with crushed Montreal steak spice. they were awesome!
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I love seeing pictures of burbot cut up. I think everyone filets them differently...good going those are going to be tasty!
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11-11-2011, 11:26 AM
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Had to clean 20 one night last year and found it easier to skin without a knife and pliers.
Use your fingers to get under the "ears" to start and then paper towel once you started the skin
They are really tasty and everybody liked them, but now we have no more than 5 per person limit enforced in the family
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11-11-2011, 11:38 AM
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Nice going!! But soooooo jealous... Lol
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11-11-2011, 11:45 AM
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My bet is on Estonian or Finnish.
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11-11-2011, 03:47 PM
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Im heading back to the burbot spot tonight.
PM for details
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11-11-2011, 04:31 PM
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My bet is on Estonian or Finnish.
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Good guess, it's Finnish. There's a lot of interesting fish cleaning videos there.
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11-12-2011, 12:12 AM
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Great night for burbot fishin, super mild temps.
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11-12-2011, 12:16 AM
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That is a good sized burbot.
Did it put up a pretty good fight?
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11-12-2011, 12:30 AM
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That is a good sized burbot.
Did it put up a pretty good fight?
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Sure did, got him on my heavy gear and was hoping it was a big laker
wish I had a scale
liver is a solid pound
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11-12-2011, 01:21 AM
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Great night for burbot fishin, super mild temps.
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Well done! To bad I could not go tonight...
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Had to clean 20 one night last year and found it easier to skin without a knife and pliers.
Use your fingers to get under the "ears" to start and then paper towel once you started the skin
They are really tasty and everybody liked them, but now we have no more than 5 per person limit enforced in the family
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They really need to bring the limit down on them, 3 is more than enough food with a good sized one. And Beeguys is the longest I've seen in ages, nice colours too. lots of people call them catfish like but if you watch videos of burbs, they aren't as lumbering as one would think, quite stealthy.
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How do you cook the liver?
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11-13-2011, 12:11 PM
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How do you cook the liver?
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A liver that size, I would make cuts to it an inch apart,,, but just like good calf liver,,, nice hot skillet and salt and lots of black pepper then eat on a nice firm, dark rye bread,,,, maybe some Russians can offer another recipe.
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11-13-2011, 12:16 PM
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A liver that size, I would make cuts to it an inch apart,,, but just like good calf liver,,, nice hot skillet and salt and lots of black pepper then eat on a nice firm, dark rye bread,,,, maybe some Russians can offer another recipe.
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add vodka and borsh?
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