eelpout

[kingling]

what is a ellpout? is it the some thing we call ling here in montana

[slipperybob]

yeap. 

slimy things and I hate how they can hug the bottom of the ice hole sometimes.

[kingling]

you guys eat them dont you? there awsome eating

[slipperybob]

Not everybody does.  I see people leaving them on the ice to die.

[kingling]

man that sucks i love to fish for ling there good eating to i would be pretty pissed if i witnessed someone leavin one on the ice

[slipperybob]

From what I've seen, it's usually someone who sets up their wheelhouse and then leaves.  I usually see the wheelhouse imprint and then a fish or two just left behind.  A total waste.

[sorelippin]

Also called a cusk....poor man's lobster.  One of the best eating fish you'll ever have.  Look it up...has about 12 nicknames.  It's a cusk to me though

[IceRaider]

They should try stocking lakes with Eelpout, considering how good eatin' they are. But I've never heard of them stocking them.

[TheCrappieFisherman]

Also called burbot around here.  Supposed to be a fun fight and good eating!

[ran7ger]

 lawyers, dogfish, mariah...don't matter what ya call em they're damn good eatin'!  fun to catch too i might add.  i've even scavenged burbot that people left behind, better than going to waste.

[TheCrappieFisherman]

lawyers, dogfish, mariah...don't matter what ya call em they're damn good eatin'!

Interesting, never heard the other names...  In Minnesota a dogfish is usually referring to a bowfin.  Just like we often call a freshwater drum a sheephead; which in salt water is a completely different fish.  Didn't want people to get confused if they look up dogfish and see something different.

[Raquettedacker]

Eelpout are bull heads out on the east coast.............

[ran7ger]

 yep regional linguistics are quite the thing.  most people up here call walleye pickeral and you get looked at sideways if you use the proper term. 

[OldSailor]

Some areas the walleye is known as wall eyed pike! Regional names!! 

[dickbaker]

Cusk (Burbot) provide a super night of ice fishing!  One of the best tasting fish you can try.  I can't imagine anyone wasting one. 
Dick

[tm37]

They are fun to catch, they fight just enough!

[BeenShanty]

Eelpout are saltwater fish.  What we catch in freshwater here are burbot (cousin to the saltwater cod eelpout) and mighty delicious.  It's a sin to leave them behind on the ice.