http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tH3n73SVp9Q
i've never caught one here but im dying to catch one and see it with my own eyes
i've never caught one here but im dying to catch one and see it with my own eyes
Anyone Keep Burbot?
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Lots of flow, very clean water.
We used to shock & trot-line 'em for DFO (Canada) in Northern Sask. For juveniles: high boots (or cold feet) and a dip-net, go into fast water right in the river riffle, maybe 3-8" deep. Set net just downstream of a promising looking stone and flip it. Burbot juvenile will go into net.
They can and do eat huge stuff- don't keep with anything near its own size. We had a 3" with 3x3" pike and in <48Hrs had one round burbot. Only had it for a couple of weeks. Don't remember it being angry or grouchy or aggressive, but it was a serious predatory hoover.
I think they would be very cool, but pretty inactive as well. They are so immobile in the riffle that their bodies form to their habitat stone, atrophying on the stone side and getting over-muscled on the water-side. When the electroshocker hit them they'd stay in the shape of their rock.
We used to shock & trot-line 'em for DFO (Canada) in Northern Sask. For juveniles: high boots (or cold feet) and a dip-net, go into fast water right in the river riffle, maybe 3-8" deep. Set net just downstream of a promising looking stone and flip it. Burbot juvenile will go into net.
They can and do eat huge stuff- don't keep with anything near its own size. We had a 3" with 3x3" pike and in <48Hrs had one round burbot. Only had it for a couple of weeks. Don't remember it being angry or grouchy or aggressive, but it was a serious predatory hoover.
I think they would be very cool, but pretty inactive as well. They are so immobile in the riffle that their bodies form to their habitat stone, atrophying on the stone side and getting over-muscled on the water-side. When the electroshocker hit them they'd stay in the shape of their rock.
Well I cannot emphasize the necessity of cold water enough, which has already been mentioned.
The population on lake Mille Lacs in Minnesota (an area of the country that regularly has colder winters than coastal Alaska) has been declining in the past decade, with the biggest change in the ecosystem being a systematic increase in water temperatures despite being a large lake.
Luckily the Leech Lake population, a bit further north, still seems strong enough to warrant the annual Eelpout Festival in February.
The population on lake Mille Lacs in Minnesota (an area of the country that regularly has colder winters than coastal Alaska) has been declining in the past decade, with the biggest change in the ecosystem being a systematic increase in water temperatures despite being a large lake.
Luckily the Leech Lake population, a bit further north, still seems strong enough to warrant the annual Eelpout Festival in February.
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/member.php?89256-andyroo Andyroo is that the North sask in Saskatchewan?? i live in Saskatchewan and currently the world record burbot was set on a lake here. Something like 40pounds out of Lake Diefenbaker, pretty weird looking fish.
These fish I was catching were being pulled from water that was close to 70F...and we are two months away from the hottest part of the year.
As I said...this is the locality of which I am going to harvest them from. Hopefully this means that they will be a little more tolerant.
We have chillers in my lab...but they are large, loud, and need some work.
Ill keep you guys posted...maybe next week Ill go back to that collection site.
As I said...this is the locality of which I am going to harvest them from. Hopefully this means that they will be a little more tolerant.
We have chillers in my lab...but they are large, loud, and need some work.
Ill keep you guys posted...maybe next week Ill go back to that collection site.
i wish i could have one. i keep a baby until it was to big and off it to someone with a big tank lol or the zoo lol
Where in upstate NY are you? I'm in Clifton Park.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.
