whatever you want to call them.....what do you use for catching them in a good sized river like the Missouri?

cheeken liver

Watched 2 natives yard them out on the muddy Tannana between Tok & Delta Junction on Grayling guts last fall.

sweet.....supposed to be nice this weekend and know they are usually caught in the early spring....have permission to fish from a chunk of river front property i havent looked over since the flooding last year worked it over so thought i would throw a couple lines in the water....

I,d match the hatch, with Grayling guts!

no bites today but i think its gonna be a nice spot for when i cant get to the lake.....

They fish where the cleaner tributaries dump into the silty Tannana. Caught several in 5 minutes while we watched.


Old wooden river boat used by Tannana chief many years ago

the state record was caught near where im fishing.....know they usually are biting in the early spring and since they are one of the few fish i have yet to pull out of the river i thought i would give it a try....prolly head back out after work later this week

Can't go wrong with live minnows down on the bottom or perhaps some fresh cut bait..
Good luck and take some pix!

I've always heard how good they are to eat.

that would be the other reason im looking to catch a couple never had one but havent heard anything other than they are great eats.....

EEL Pout! Don't need a net, they wrap around your arm! Did you get any?

Eel Pout, tails are great boiled and covered with butter. Poor man's lobster from some of the larger lakes in Minnesota. Catch them fairly often an live minnows when fishing through the ice.

have caught some dinks, nothing worth trying to eat yet though.....

They are listed as an invasive species in Flaming Gorge Reservoir. On both the Wyoming and Utah ends of the lake, there is a catch and kill law. You cannot release any live burbot, period.

They seem to like the shallower inflow end, which is Wyoming. I've never caught one.

We are still fishing them through the ice at night.



We jig spoons and large soft plastics, and they smash them hard!

Hooked this guy last Sunday night at 11:05, on the ice at 11:22, 43 inches, 20.4 pounds, was a brutal 6# test trial!



We are bears for punishment, heading out again tonight.

Ted

Holy Moley!

wow......thats a beeeg fish.....

that is a DANDY, Yukoner...

nice work!...