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I don't know if its worth the drive but I've seen guys catch them in the lower harbor of marquette. I also heard burbot can be caught in munising bay. good luck finding some fish, I've never caught one before but I might give it a try this year.
They are worth the effort. Unsurpassed eating quality. Don't let the looks turn you off.
yea i've heard they taste great. i would defenetially be frying it up if i caught one.
caught two on huron bay last sunday. one was small, but the second was 25+.
i catch them every year in christmas.. out in front of the bay furnace mouth they usually eat anything you have down there! also coho, steelhead, splake, BIG perch and other mystery fish havent heard if theres ice there yet...its more of a feb. march place
You might want to try BDN during the Burbot spawn- late Feb into early March. Head out into 60 feet, drop a big shiner just off the bottom, and wait for flags to fly. If the run is on, it's nothing to land 10 in an hour.
ill look for ya! also.. i have a buddy that fishes for burbot at night with a chunk of smelt on a tip up and puts it on the bottom. thats not around here ..same fish though
I am a burbot fan myself and have found BBDN to be a bit better than LBDN for numbers and size of them. Might just be the lack of other anglers to compete with and their voracious pre and post spawn appetite, but we always do well on them on tip-ups on BBDN. Got 3 fish this past weekend near Pocupine point, out in the middle of abosult no where in 16' of water... like zero structure, just flat bottom for miles and miles. Anyway, bunch of dudes and bunch of flags and we got 3, so they are just starting to come in and they were all full of eggs or milt. Try off of Kates Bay or right in front of Gardon Corners out in 12-15' of water now thru ice out and you should get plenty of pout. I prefer sucker minnows or smelt if you can get them. Our group only used suckers last weekend and got 2 walleygators (28.5 and 30.5"), 4 burbot and 5 pike for a couple days of true solitude fishing... well, solitude until the man in green paid us a visit out of no where coming all the way from LBDN!?!?! like around the horn!! crazy dudes I tell ya, but otherwise, no one on our side of the bay and the sun was out. Also, try kicking up some bottom if you want to attract them jiggin... but we only used flagsgood luck on those freshwater cod!MattThanks for the info Matt, I'll give it a whirl on Sunday when temps are a bit more favorable for running tip up's.
You must be going right out of Esky to get the water depth. Thanks for the info, I'll be working it hard.
Yup- I usually go right off by the Terrace.
I guess this kind of falls under this catagory... buddy of mine caught an eelpout out on Greenwood tonight... ugly looking fish.