Author Topic: how do you catch burbot in the summer? (Read 15752 times)

alaskanman · « **on:** Aug 08, 2003, 05:08 PM »

I live on a lake in sw AK, the deepest parts are around 350 feet. Does anyone catch burbot in that deep of water or should I check the creeks & points with drop offs? Any advice would help, thanks in advance.

Barleydog · « **Reply #1 on:** Aug 14, 2003, 05:48 PM »

Alaskan Man,
I have had some success this year with drop offs right around dusk to dark. Seems the fish will migrate up the shelf to find bait in the shallows and thats when you can drift across them at a slow rate, (wind permitting.) I had caught a couple in a 120 ft. local Interior lake on a deep shelf in about 60-80 ft. using a black maribou jig and cut bait. Good luck!

ArticTurn · « **Reply #2 on:** Aug 16, 2003, 09:56 PM »

these fresh water cod have to go somewhere in the summer

Barleydog · « **Reply #3 on:** Aug 17, 2003, 10:09 PM »

Alaskanman, What lake do you live by? Illiamna? Naknek?

alaskanman · « **Reply #4 on:** Aug 18, 2003, 12:15 PM »

Barleydog, Lake Aleknagik. I've tried several places but the lake is pretty big and my night fishing time is limited. I was advised to try later in the fall, I think I will because I haven't caught one yet.

Barleydog · « **Reply #5 on:** Aug 19, 2003, 01:02 PM »

Good Luck!

HIMO · « **Reply #6 on:** Aug 24, 2003, 08:36 AM »

i still want to catch one of these fish so I can try them.

alaskanman · « **Reply #7 on:** Aug 25, 2003, 04:43 PM »

Hey Barleydog, what have you found in the bellies of the burbot you've caught?

Barleydog · « **Reply #8 on:** Aug 25, 2003, 07:56 PM »

Alaskaman,
Lots of snails! Big ones too! Other than that, a few blackfish, sculpin, and sisco. On the Chena this summer, I caught a couple with Sea Lampreys in thier guts! Funny that's what I had caught them on. Seems that they really like the little "eels" and go crazy turning over rocks or other river debris to get at them. What did you find down there? Do you use sets in the winter? or jig for them? -Barleydog

alaskanman · « **Reply #9 on:** Aug 26, 2003, 12:58 PM »

I tried jigging this summer with a couple different spoons with small chunks of whitefish and a couple set lines with bait. The set lines with salmon eggs didn't last at all, small fish would eat the eggs too quickly, so I switched to whitefish. I think I'll try a couple more times with the set line in 100 feet of water or so then if I don't catch I'll wait till winter to jig for them. There has been a couple people that I know of that have caught some around 36 inches in length in the winter.

alaskanman · « **Reply #10 on:** Sep 24, 2003, 02:17 PM »

Hey Barley Dog, I talked with a friend who lives on the Kuskokwim River last week. He said they catch hundreds of burbot in the fall with cut smelt for bait, mainly for subsistance use. He had gotten 23 in less than half an hour all around 24" in length the night before I called! Pretty amazing fishing! Do they get that plentiful on the Yukon?

Barleydog · « **Reply #11 on:** Sep 24, 2003, 02:39 PM »

Alaskaman,
Way to go! I haven't gotten a chance to cruise up to the Yukon yet. Hunting season put a stop to the fishing season, but I am now ready to go since the moose is in the freezer. I gotta tell you that I don't know of alot of folks who fish the Yukon for Burbot, but I know they are there! Barleydog

icefshninnh · « **Reply #12 on:** Nov 20, 2006, 10:30 PM »

in new hampshire i have found large shiners small yellow perc and cray fish here we call them cusk but they are still a eating machine

kinneyt123 · « **Reply #13 on:** Dec 13, 2016, 01:34 AM »

I feel like I need to get a boat so I can catch fish at deeper depths. I have never caught a burbot near shore before.

Drifter_016 · « **Reply #14 on:** Dec 13, 2016, 11:25 AM »

My neighbour out at the cabin gets them in his net when netting for lakers.
He doesn't eat them so he brings them to me to dispose of.

Forrealyo11 · « **Reply #15 on:** Dec 13, 2016, 01:31 PM »

Netting for Lakers huh? I've had most of my success sight fishing for burbot in 2-10ft with a 1-2oz jig in the summer and fall. So easy and can be pretty fun when you spot em and watch them suck it up.

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