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Great to see so many people appreciating burbot. When I was young, people catching them on Simcoe would just hate them and throw so many of them onto the ice to kill them (no release). I remember coming back with an operator and seeing a bunch of them beside a garbage dumpster in the snow still moving. I got the feeling they didn;t like them because they didn't like how they felt when they had to unhook them and also thought they were bad for the lakers and whitefish. What a waste of fish.
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QUOTE (Flukes @ Feb 15, 2025 - 03:24 pm)
Great to see so many people appreciating burbot. When I was young, people catching them on Simcoe would just hate them and throw so many of them onto the ice to kill them (no release). I remember coming back with an operator and seeing a bunch of them beside a garbage dumpster in the snow still moving. I got the feeling they didn;t like them because they didn't like how they felt when they had to unhook them and also thought they were bad for the lakers and whitefish. What a waste of fish.
Glad i was never part of that crowd. I first started targeting them 30 years ago in 1995. Was building a water treatment plant at a fly-in community in the Hudson Bay Lowlands and was taught their worth by the local First Nation Elders.
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For sure. Until someone shows otherwise, people tend to avoid what look like slimy things. They are pretty amazing fish. I never got into targeting them though and in some lakes around here, the recommended eating levels are not great so I don't target them around here...and I don't fish night times anymore (even though you can get them in the day time, night seems to be better for most people).
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