In the midst of winter, the ice-covered lakes of New England seem quiet. It may, however, be a bit noisy below the ice. Winter into early spring is the spawning season for burbot, when males produce ...

Burbot, also known as ling, are easily one of the most interesting fish that swim in U.S. lakes and rivers. If you’ve never heard of them, it might be because you’ve never caught one — even if they ...

Jud Kratzer, a fisheries biologist for Vermont Fish and Wildlife, holds a freshly-caught burbot measuring 24.5". Beneath the ice in Vermont’s lakes and streams lives a cold-loving fish with a “beard” ...

In the midst of winter, the ice-covered lakes of New England seem quiet. It may, however, be a bit noisy below the ice. Winter into early spring is the spawning season for burbot, when males produce ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — Idaho Fish and Game reports burbot fishing the Kootenai River is the perfect way to cure cabin fever. The fish are found in the shallow tributaries in the winter. Burbot is also ...

Recent storms and warm weather have brought high, muddy flows to the Yellowstone River. That's good news for the native fish species of the Missouri-Yellowstone Adopt-A-Fish Program. Water ...

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Federal fisheries biologists are fishing for one of North Dakota's least appreciated fish species in an effort to fill a request for hatchery-raised progeny. Their target is burbot, also called ling ...

Five more burbot joined the Garrison Dam National Fish Hatchery's collection of brood stock, bringing its total of the eel-like fish to 11. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service fisheries biologists used ...