North vt burbot?

[dlj01260]

I live in Milton vt and I've been interested in catching burbot. I've never seen one, eaten one or even tried to catch them. I'm looking for information on how to catch them and where I should go (that is close to home) to fish for them. Any help would be much appreciated!

[myylwlab]

If you do a google search, there's a great video about Burbot fishing in VT. I just watched it the other day. Sorry, but I don't have the link.

[myylwlab]

Here's the link to the video

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[vtbuckrulrss]

do a search here in the VT section..  You want one, go to Willoughby.  Dead smelt works best, but most bait will work, on the bottom fished at night on a tip up.  You will get all you want that way.

[camo ninja]

yep video is from willoughby and one of the best spots but he also said close to home and that's a couple hrs easy from milton ...

[dlj01260]

Have you guys ever eaten them? What's the best recipe if so??

[camo ninja]

you can cook them any way any other fish is cooked but my preferred method is boil them in chunks for a few minutes then dump out the water in the pan and add butter and saute with a little old bay seasoning ...i prefer it over most other fish

[fishingidjit]

cubed and deep fried !

[jonny jigger]

semour holds some big ones and there great eating

[fishinaround]

just to add to the dead bait on bottom at night,  these fish (in my experience) dont trip flags so walk around and give a tug to each line. if you set a good spread you can at least keep moving in the cold all night walking from tip up to tip up. good luck! great eating fish. also, if at all possibly try not to let them freeze as they seem to lose some firmness (easier said than done)

[pwicefisher]

fishinaround, same thing happened to us, first time out no flags for the first hour so we went out to check tip ups, between the two of us 14 out of 16 tipups had fish on, not a flag tripped.

[captstevepc]

i plan to plan to try a bit for them on champlain when i am up there in a couple of weeks.  I have also heard willoghby is great and seen the video but i am hopping to connect with a few on Champlain.. want to check them out and try eating them as well. .never seen one in person.

[troutslayer 23]

i use a egg sinker and a 12 inch leader with threaded chunks of smelt on a treb 50 ft of water to 20 boom ull have fun all night long on willoughby