View Full Version : Ever caught a Burbot ?


striprman
04-17-2010, 02:06 PM
A friend of mine (from Vermont) sent me this pic.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v56/steveg50/Burbotresized.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Memphremagog

tynan19
04-17-2010, 03:21 PM
Burbot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burbot)

striprman
04-17-2010, 05:20 PM
another pic from Lake Memphremagog

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v56/steveg50/landlocked.jpg

stripermaineiac
04-17-2010, 08:48 PM
Look like the fresh water Cusk we catch here in Maine ice fishing at night.

striprman
04-17-2010, 08:51 PM
Look like the fresh water Cusk we catch here in Maine ice fishing at night.

same species, different lake:kewl:


feel like spot burnin' ?

stripermaineiac
04-17-2010, 09:07 PM
Try sebago lake behind fryes leap out past the ferry ramp and around the corner. we get them up to 38 in . you may even catch a white fish or 2 there.

FishermanTim
04-19-2010, 09:47 AM
They are cusk, the fresh water species.
They are a bottom dwelling fish that is supposedly a real good fich chowder fish.
They caught the NH state record one a few years back and beat it again a few days later.