This video breaks down effective strategies for targeting burbot during the pre-spawn season, when their behavior and feeding patterns change. Learn where to find pre-spawn burbot, what baits and rigs ...

Burbot, also known as ling, are easily one of the most interesting fish that swim in U.S. lakes and rivers. If you’ve never heard of them, it might be because you’ve never caught one — even if they ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — Idaho Fish and Game is giving out prizes to anglers fishing for burbot in the Kootenai River. All participating anglers will receive acustomized hat and sticker. They will also be ...

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Jud Kratzer, a fisheries biologist for Vermont Fish and Wildlife, holds a freshly-caught burbot measuring 24.5". Beneath the ice in Vermont’s lakes and streams lives a cold-loving fish with a “beard” ...

In the early 2000s, the world’s only freshwater cod was all but gone from the waters of the Kootenai River in North Idaho and British Columbia. Once counted in the thousands, regional populations of ...

SPOKANE, Washington — Idaho has approved a fishing season for burbot after regional populations of the freshwater cod in the Kootenai River numbered about 50,000. The Spokesman-Review reports the ...

Burbot fishing is booming in popularity in Michigan as more discover the tasty coldwater species. But researchers are worried the population is struggling amid invasive species threats and overfishing ...

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources invites people interested in fishing, wildlife and outdoor skills to tune in to upcoming webinars that will discuss burbot fishing and bald eagles. The ...

GREEN RIVER, Wyo. — The subzero temperatures Sweetwater County experienced in December should produce some great ice fishing for Flaming Gorge Reservoir anglers. “Flaming Gorge Reservoir is the most ...

In the early 2000s, the world’s only freshwater cod was all but gone from the waters of the Kootenai River in North Idaho and British Columbia. Once counted in the thousands, regional populations of ...