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” ...

A pair of nice burbot on the ice. 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 ...

More than 60 ice fishing enthusiasts are signed up for the “Between Bridges Burbot Bash Ice Fishing Derby” in Nenana on Friday and Saturday. “When it’s all said and done, I think we will have close to ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — Idaho Fish and Game reports burbot fishing the Kootenai River is the perfect way to cure cabin fever. The fish are found in the shallow tributaries in the winter. Burbot is also ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah’s 2025 ice fishing season promises excitement and competition with several tournaments scheduled from January through March. These events, hosted by the Utah Division of Wildlife ...

I remember rolling my eyes some two decades ago, when a DNR biologist friend with a reputation for occasionally having wild ideas said he thought it was time for a push to make the burbot a game fish ...

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The January/February edition of “Pages of Time,” a newsletter published by the Roseau County Historical Society – of which I’m a member – included a “willies”-inducing” article about burbot that ...