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How to Set Line for Burbot Alaska Department of Fish and Game

As described in the How to Set Line for Burbot video there are two general techniques for creating set lines the strong line method and the pole set method. Each technique has advantages and disadvantages. The pole set method is often used in shallower water and in situations where an angler will continue to fish the same hole for a week or more.Burbot are a strange looking fish a freshwater cod found in many of Interior Alaska s lakes and rivers. Burbot are delicious and popular with ice fishermen. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game recently produced two videos on burbot How to set line for burbot and How to clean and fillet your catch.

For information on how to set-line for burbot Burbot Recipes visit Individual set-line hooks must have a gap of greater than three-quarters of an inch and be set on the bottom. Set-lines Alaska Department of Fish and Game Subject Step by step tutorial on skinning filleting burbotSince burbot are long lived and relatively late to mature they are susceptible to overharvest. Many populations of burbot in the Glennallen area were overharvested in the 1970 s and 1980 s when set lines were allowed but through proper management actions most of the populations have recovered now and support healthy populations.

Burbot have superior table qualities and are often times referred to as poor man s lobster in Alaska. Burbot can reach ages of 20 years or more. Burbot are the only freshwater fish in Alaska that spawns in winter under the ice. State record for burbot is 24 lbs 12 oz caught from Lake Louise in 1976.The Alaska Department of Fish Game s sport fishing program awards special recognition to anyone who catches a burbot with a minimum weight of eight pounds and length of 32 inches. Hesse s was 9.9 pounds and measured 37 inches. His dog Sage approves. Courtesy Jeffry Hesse.

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How to Set Line for Burbot Alaska Department of Fish and Gam . To animate these large lures and baits you need some umph in your rod and reel selection. I use the same set ups for burbot that I do for pike and some walleye applications. I use 20-pound test Hi-Vis Sufix Ice Briad in the Neon Fire color.Alaska Department of Fish and Game P.O. Box 115526 1255 W. 8th Street Juneau AK 99811-5526 Office Locations