Burbot/Eelpout Tracking Study (Results)
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Date: 2022-05-15
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Benji
In high school working for the Mille Lacs Messenger I wrote an article talking about the mysterious dissapearance of the eelpout the year before Mille Lacs went into the -crisis. - Biologists I spoke with told me that the eelpout's liver is roughly 5x the size of a walleye of comparative size and this could be a reason they are able to and require deeper, cooler water throughout the summer months. They also believed that the introduction of zebra muscles pushed their spawning depths out from the shorelines where they could find gravel and rock to spawn in. Growing up we used to spear them in 6- to 6 feet of water on any given year and would see hundreds a day if you sat long enough. Only males would come in as they were attracted to the rattling of a spear in the rocks immigrating a female laying eggs. This fish was a delicacy in our Ojibwe culture and their apparent disappearance has been noticed by all the elders we once provided fish for each late winter. I believe more studies need to take place to save the eelpout as a main staple to a healthy, balanced fishery.
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In high school working for the Mille Lacs Messenger I wrote an article talking about the mysterious dissapearance of the eelpout the year before Mille Lacs went into the -crisis. - Biologists I spoke with told me that the eelpout's liver is roughly 5x the size of a walleye of comparative size and this could be a reason they are able to and require deeper, cooler water throughout the summer months. They also believed that the introduction of zebra muscles pushed their spawning depths out from the shorelines where they could find gravel and rock to spawn in. Growing up we used to spear them in 6- to 6 feet of water on any given year and would see hundreds a day if you sat long enough. Only males would come in as they were attracted to the rattling of a spear in the rocks immigrating a female laying eggs. This fish was a delicacy in our Ojibwe culture and their apparent disappearance has been noticed by all the elders we once provided fish for each late winter. I believe more studies need to take place to save the eelpout as a main staple to a healthy, balanced fishery.
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hunt
we catch burbot spawning in 2-3 ft of water every year. sometimes there is less than a foot of water under the ice. Im not talking 1 or 2 in a day, i'm talking as many as 30 in a 4-5 hour period. we sight fish for them, they are cool as heck. Many times the big females just nudge the bait and keep going. Most times they just swim by and never even look. the males are usually always aggressive. you get 3-4 come at once and one WILL eat.
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we catch burbot spawning in 2-3 ft of water every year. sometimes there is less than a foot of water under the ice. Im not talking 1 or 2 in a day, i'm talking as many as 30 in a 4-5 hour period. we sight fish for them, they are cool as heck. Many times the big females just nudge the bait and keep going. Most times they just swim by and never even look. the males are usually always aggressive. you get 3-4 come at once and one WILL eat.
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Jacob
I wish I watched this 3 weeks ago lololol, the best info video on burbot I've ever seen well done guys, truly awesome how can I get more of the data from what you saw alll year if I can get that please send me a mesg if you are able to share that with me
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I wish I watched this 3 weeks ago lololol, the best info video on burbot I've ever seen well done guys, truly awesome how can I get more of the data from what you saw alll year if I can get that please send me a mesg if you are able to share that with me
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Nick
I would love to see this kind of study done on our lakes in Northern MI. We caught them last year in 80fow (which is shallow for that lake) and that's where they were spawning. Curious how deep they go in the summer time.
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I would love to see this kind of study done on our lakes in Northern MI. We caught them last year in 80fow (which is shallow for that lake) and that's where they were spawning. Curious how deep they go in the summer time.
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Priceless
I just got into Burbot fishing this last winter. I was catching them at 40 ft. I would go every other night throughout the winter and it was just like clockwork. 8 pm the bite would start
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I just got into Burbot fishing this last winter. I was catching them at 40 ft. I would go every other night throughout the winter and it was just like clockwork. 8 pm the bite would start
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rhace
thank you --. such an under appreciated species, they are so pretty in the winter i have trouble bleeding them out for snacks / they are very dark on my home lake Kabetogama
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thank you --. such an under appreciated species, they are so pretty in the winter i have trouble bleeding them out for snacks / they are very dark on my home lake Kabetogama
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riptyn
was just out on that lake tip up fishing for burbot. was rough going, but the snow pack has melted down a bit now. Watch out for the guy landing his airplane out there.
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was just out on that lake tip up fishing for burbot. was rough going, but the snow pack has melted down a bit now. Watch out for the guy landing his airplane out there.
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Gary
That was simply fabulous, really like the science behind their movements, etc. Would like to see more videos like this one.
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That was simply fabulous, really like the science behind their movements, etc. Would like to see more videos like this one.
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Craig
So if there is next to nothing for oxygen down at 68ft how do lake trout survive in these deeper parts fished?
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So if there is next to nothing for oxygen down at 68ft how do lake trout survive in these deeper parts fished?
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