new burbot pics

[fishermanjake]

went out tonight again, thought i'd share some more pictures.  i know everyone thinks i'm crazy about burbot.  but at night is the only time i can get out and burbot are easiest to catch at night and they are close.

the big one shows her face

I got her now.

guessing 14 pounds, will know tommorrow. (12.42 lbs)

poping out

caught this about 30 seconds before i hooked the big one

first on i caught for the night, kinda small.

this one bit off more than it could chew, the lure is the same size as the fish.

this one had a big fat eel in it that was practically as long as the burbot, the tail was sticking out of its mouth..hit once and came back for a second round at the big jig, what a pig!

the eel that the burbot ate, half digested.

My buddy josh caught 6 i caught 3, here he is with various ones he caught tonight.

[Muskie Matt]

Nice pics thanks for sharing. It must be nice to go out everytime and catch some heavy fish. Do you fish for anything else? What other fish does that water you fish have in it and what body of water is it?

[Trevor]

Jake, you are the Burbot man.  Should call yourself Burbotmanjake.  Now you got me pumped.  I gotta give this new lake of mine a try at night.  Think I'll go this weekend.  If the burbot fishing was that hot in broad daylight it should be awesome at night.

I got a question though.  Do you find that these fish inhabit the same areas at night as they do during the day?  Or do they typically move shallow as light diminishes in search of prey?  I've been fishing the edge of a sunken bar that is adjacent to flats in the 20-30 foot range the bar is at a narrows and extends into the main basin into about 60 feet...I'm thinking these fish might cruise the shallow portion of the flats under darkness, but my Burbot experience is pretty limited.

Nice pics by the way.

Trevor

[fozsey]

Great pics Jake. Send some of those my way.

Brian

[fishermanjake]

Nice pics thanks for sharing. It must be nice to go out everytime and catch some heavy fish. Do you fish for anything else? What other fish does that water you fish have in it and what body of water is it?

I'm fishing the Tanana river, it has pike, burbot, sheefish, multiple species of whitefish, grayling...also chum salmon, silver salmon and king salmon which it is unlikely i'll ever catch through the ice.  I fish for pike, lakers, char, rainbows, whitefish, grayling, landlocked salmon, and anything else i can get my hands on...Burbot are just close and they are big and easy to catch at night.  The burbot i fish are in a river, but typically they are more active at night, though i have caught them durring the day.  the seem to run up and down the main river channel where i fish, but i have caught them in the shallows as well, and they do move up to feed when night hits.

[Out4Trout]

Great pics, Keep em coming. This is the first place in the shanty I go to now to see if you have posted any more pictures.

[Fat Boy]

Jake, you are the Burbot man.  Should call yourself Burbotmanjake.

Funny, I was thinking the same thing!

Jake, I really appreciate seeing your pics (and everyone elses too by the way), especially in a world so far from mine.  Keep on posting them.  And, I would love to catch some of those.  If I did, I'd be crazy about them too, especially fish that hammer jigs like you are using through the ice.  The reality is that i doubt that I'd ever have a chance to catch one, but then again, you never know.  Until that happens, I can look at your pics and imagine me being there. 

Thanks again!

[Gillles]

Nice pics!  Are they good to eat?

[Trevor]

Thanks Jake.

[Fish Monger]

Nice, never caught them that big meself.

[Josh]

what do use to catch burbot?

[Grizzly1]

Excellent photo's Jake!  Looking forward to some more

[crappieslayer22]

ugly looking things

[PondPro]

thoughs are some big burbot you got there.

[Out4Trout]

Excellent photo's Jake!  Looking forward to some more

Haven't seen any recient pics from Jake, this tread is 3 years old............

He was the burbot king though.

[tarmitten]

What nice Pics and lovely fish. When I lived in Aklavik, NWT we use to fish those babies on the Peel Channel.  They were always in shallow water and they were fun to catch.  The eskimos never ate the flesh only the liver. I use to feed the flesh to my Husky.   How do you prepare the fish to eat? By the way, in Aklavik we called them Loshe. Rhymes with wash. Cheers from a envious Newfie now on the other side of the continent.  p.s. Alaska is a great spot. I've been to Skagway a number of times.   The Halibut fishing is great. <<<>< Tarmitten

[saranacjoe]

Awesome job keep the pics coming for i can only dream of getting out on the ICE

[littleoldlady]

  :clap:Great pics and wonderful story!!  They look like  they would be great to line in!!

[dugmore29]

  :othe only fish i eat.  those are good tasting fish, awesome pics like seeing them.  how much of a fight do those guys give, never jigged one up. i always use the traps at night and check them in the moring.  awesome fish!!!             newfound lake nh

[walleye hunters]

Nice burbot I've never caught one myself i would like to but the lakes I fish don't have them