Hammer Handle
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BURBOT FISHING
Going to try again this year. Does anyone have any suggestions for catching Burbot? What is the best time to go this winter?
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RE: BURBOT FISHING
2011/12/01 16:19:14
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My buddy stopped at the north pier a week ago and caught a 30 incher.Everyone he told fishing up there got really excited about it. He said it was delicious but he couldn't believe the amount of guts it had. He caught it on a minnow.
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RE: BURBOT FISHING
2011/12/01 20:25:23
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RE: BURBOT FISHING
2011/12/01 20:44:46
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I was going to ask about it. I've heard if you think the weathers bad wish it was 10 times worse the worse the weather the better it is. Just heavy line big sink and a bunch of minnows on a hook
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RE: BURBOT FISHING
2011/12/02 10:06:48
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It's time. They like current and dark so if you can pick a night when there is a west wind and some current in the channel, a walk to the east end might get you into some B. , chowing on what is washing out of the bay.
See you there.
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RE: BURBOT FISHING
2011/12/02 10:38:17
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they are in potato creek too.
you can gig for them in the lake too
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RE: BURBOT FISHING
2011/12/02 16:23:19
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You'll crush'em on rainbow powerbait!
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RE: BURBOT FISHING
2011/12/02 16:28:09
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I always had my best luck on a Watermelon Jig
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RE: BURBOT FISHING
2011/12/05 10:26:38
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They taste better than the ever popular steelhead, get bigger and are close to home, and I don't have to fish "shoulder to shoulder" with "mupers". Why would I ever fish for them?? 
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RE: BURBOT FISHING
2011/12/05 13:26:00
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True they are a little soft, but very white and mild. They go nuts for them in some places. Like Simcoe.
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RE: BURBOT FISHING
2011/12/06 07:50:56
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Again.....I want to catch a Burbot first. I'll worry about eating them later. I no longer keep any steelhead because they taste like crap. The only way they were any good is if someone smoked them and who needs to cook a fish for 12 hours!
What is the best bait for Burbot? I have heard they only eat live bait. I have heard use cut bait. Nice try with the power bait though!
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RE: BURBOT FISHING
2011/12/08 11:28:13
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Give em the meat. My usual rig has two hooks, one with a dead smelt (from Giant Eagle) and the other with the biggest live minnow I can get.
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RE: BURBOT FISHING
2011/12/08 15:13:23
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I have put burbot next to fresh walleye on the plate deep fried in bread crumbs and both were delicious so there
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RE: BURBOT FISHING
2011/12/09 19:30:34
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yaahaa did too ate several of dem . The post above.. about all the guts probably refers to the enormous liver and flab inside em. They fight like a channel cat so rig up for a battle or you,ll hear a snapping noise . " Eat Burbot my friends "
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RE: BURBOT FISHING
2011/12/09 20:37:43
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I always heard burbot & coke tasted good. I was always a beer, and straight whiskey ( sometimes tequila ) man myself though.
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RE: BURBOT FISHING
2011/12/11 09:47:30
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Bonechilling winter nights on that windswept pier, demand the hard stuff. And don't forget how far it is to the end of that pier. A long carry. No this is 100 proof territory all the way.  Yukon J. anyone?
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RE: BURBOT FISHING
2011/12/12 17:42:22
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Do you have to go to the far end or canb you get them all along the piers ?
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RE: BURBOT FISHING
2011/12/17 06:29:59
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One burbot, One Scotch, One Beer
Fish to live...live to fish One Burbot, One Scotch, One Beerg
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RE: BURBOT FISHING
2011/12/17 10:51:39
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You should have been here yesterday.............. Streams are made for the wise man to contemplate and fools to pass by [Sir Izaak Walton]
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RE: BURBOT FISHING
2011/12/17 16:59:20
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ORIGINAL: muskiemeat
One burbot, One Scotch, One Beer
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RE: BURBOT FISHING
2011/12/18 20:50:11
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Tried the other night, nothing..
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RE: BURBOT FISHING
2011/12/19 22:26:25
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ORIGINAL: topdog99
ORIGINAL: fish whisper
I was going to ask about it. I've heard if you think the weathers bad wish it was 10 times worse the worse the weather the better it is. Just heavy line big sink and a bunch of minnows on a hook
the only thing yinz will catch is mud puppies
trust me
That explains it. I was down at the North Pier on Friday and I saw a 3 mud puppies laying on the cement.
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RE: BURBOT FISHING
2011/12/20 20:05:53
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What is the distance from the top of the pier to the water level? What kind of net would you use or do you just use strong line, big hooks and haul them up by hand. I guess a "pier net" and rope would work or can you reach them with a long handled landing net.
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RE: BURBOT FISHING
2011/12/20 20:07:37
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goes for steel 2 if you ever noticed Every time you rope and smoke a steelhead, an angel gets its wings...
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RE: BURBOT FISHING
2011/12/20 22:38:53
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ORIGINAL: Wally Cat
What is the distance from the top of the pier to the water level? What kind of net would you use or do you just use strong line, big hooks and haul them up by hand. I guess a "pier net" and rope would work or can you reach them with a long handled landing net.
It depends on how close the the end you get. The pier is "staged." A pier net is a great idea--you do NOT want to fall in this time of year. The end at the lighthouse is closer to the water. But use a long handled net just the same.
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RE: BURBOT FISHING
2011/12/21 07:55:32
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Wally I use a landing net with an extendable hanle and it works well for me. When I'm there I'm usually fishing for smallmouths and steelhead with either 4 or 6 pound test.
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RE: BURBOT FISHING
2011/12/21 15:57:33
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How far up are the berbitts?
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RE: BURBOT FISHING
2011/12/22 09:38:32
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The Berbitts are still running dude, the russians are ripping em out of 3 mile.
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RE: BURBOT FISHING
2011/12/22 20:21:33
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Sometimes it's difficult to tell the difference between Burbots and Beer Butts.
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RE: BURBOT FISHING
2011/12/22 20:27:22
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Wow T D 99 sounds kinda hurtful being compared to an insect of some sort . guess I,ll have to get out the uglystiks and stomp off to the channel for some quiet time.
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