lake champlain/miss bay

[pike master]

i fish down near highgates springs VT i rent from martins general store i was just wondering if there are burburt down that end its about 5 to 7 feet of water i fish for pike but in the slow time i jig just like to catch one info on how to would be nice thank u

[fishingking]

is Miss bay the one that borders the town of Swanton?? my buddy caught one burbot there a few years ago on a tipup it was 1 1/2lbs  we were pike fishing and all we caught was a burbot

[pike master]

iam not sure i go in from highgate spings VT where i fish in back of me is canda

[fishingking]

ahh NM i think Miss bay is the huge bay in the NE corner of the lake  its not very deep either from what I recall.

[pike master]

ya good pike fishing there  4to7 feet deep

[fishingking]

id try for Burbot at night  in late winter anywhere where theres a sandy bottom because I believe thats where they spawn. They also become more active before they spawn under the ice. Suprised no Burbot experts have jumped on this topic yet

[pike master]

me to thats what i was hopeing

[vermonner]

I'm with you pikemaster-met a guy from Mn. who was talking up eelpout and I looked on the F&W website--says we got 'em.  30+ yrs. of fishing Lake Champlain and have yet to see one.  Been scouring the boards here because I want to be the first of my friends to catch one.  Good luck this year.  I don't see me making out with one like our Manitoban brethren though.

[Hood]

They are out there....big ass lake, gotta be some slammer burbot in the depths. i got one a couple years ago between NY and isle la motte in 35 FOW jiggin perch at dusk. prolly 3 lbs or so. I wish I could get on em good, Ill ask around some of the old timers around here....

[vermonner]

They are out there....big ass lake, gotta be some slammer burbot in the depths. i got one a couple years ago between NY and isle la motte in 35 FOW jiggin perch at dusk. prolly 3 lbs or so. I wish I could get on em good, Ill ask around some of the old timers around here....

sure would appreciate if you can pass it on...I can make Isle lamotte in 1hour or so

[Jim111]

Burbot can be caught regularly, using dead bait of any kind, fished near bottom anywhere near fairly deep water, at night mostly. We've caught them before right out from Hog Island in Swanton, also off the Cowbanks in South hero. There's probably some in St Albans bay too. Most of the deeper Northeast Kingdom lakes have them too. I've caught them in Eligo, Memphremagog, Seymore, Caspian.  -Jim

[vermonner]

Thanks a bunch Jim.  I'll probably stay late on Eligo one night this winter and try my luck.  Plus, that'll probably be the only place we get ice this year

[nhpikeking]

went to miss bay this past weekend very fun i caught two northerns one small one decent keeper i fish it during the summer occasionaly for bowfin but theres alot of pike up there

[fish_finder]

Best way to find out if theres burbot there, go out at dusk , set as many ines as your aloud with fresh cut bait, oily the better like smelt, or even big live minnows, put it right on the bottom, if theres burbot in there u should get em, shallow water like that you are prbly more likely later in the year when they are spawning, they start to move into the shallows then, theres a spot here that guys fish em its only about 4-7 fow they do pretty good late n the year