Anyone Keep Burbot?

[kevinfleming21]

2 groups of large fish sitting on the bottom doing nothing.

They are both cool...but in aquaria especially...not very active. Plus you would need a huge tank. Save your burbot for the frying pan people.

That being said I wouldnt mind seeing pictures of someone who is actually crazy enough to do it.

great point, but maybe a musky/ burbot tank would be better

 

[Madding]

2 groups of large fish sitting on the bottom doing nothing.

They are both cool...but in aquaria especially...not very active. Plus you would need a huge tank. Save your burbot for the frying pan people.

That being said I wouldnt mind seeing pictures of someone who is actually crazy enough to do it.

I am crazy enough, and as for the levels of fish activity, to each their own.

I agree that a muskie or something to claim the mid-level would round such a tank off nicely, though walleye would likely be eaten and as such a no-go.

 

[Northern Pike]

my grandpa's pond has burbot in it....

 

[Madding]

my grandpa's pond has burbot in it....

Your grandpa doesn't happen to live within driving distance of upstate NY does he?

Ah, what the hell, I'll drive up to Lake Oneida and catch one myself if I have to....

 

[Northern Pike]

where you live in upstate?

 

[Madding]

where you live in upstate?

Schenectady (right next to Albany). About 2-3 hours to anywhere in the state.

 

[FLESHY]

Esox also tend to (in the wild) stay motionless for long periods of time. They are ambush predators largely, waiting in the weeds to strike out at fish that swim by. One of the coolest thigns I have seen in my years of diving. Northerns hunting.

I think burbots and walleye LOOK sweet...they just dont do much.

 

[kevinfleming21]

Esox also tend to (in the wild) stay motionless for long periods of time. They are ambush predators largely, waiting in the weeds to strike out at fish that swim by. One of the coolest thigns I have seen in my years of diving. Northerns hunting.

I think burbots and walleye LOOK sweet...they just dont do much.

this is most likely due to the fact they are in cold waters temps. If you were to keep them at the higher end of a tolerable temp, that would in turn increase their metabolisms and also their demand to constantly be on the move for food.

 

[Northern Pike]

Schenectady (right next to Albany). About 2-3 hours to anywhere in the state.

LOL i live in troy you fish the hudson alot?

 

[FLESHY]

this is most likely due to the fact they are in cold waters temps. If you were to keep them at the higher end of a tolerable temp, that would in turn increase their metabolisms and also their demand to constantly be on the move for food.

Maybe...higher h2o temps wouldnt be good for their health though. You would get bacterial and fungal issues I am willing to bet.

That being said them not moving is just a part of who they are...like I said, its their style of predation. Granted, that is something maybe that they have moved into over eons due to being efficient in "cooler" waters.