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” ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 2004, there were only 50 surviving burbot in the Kootenai River system. Dam construction and over-fishing caused a decline in ...

The heavy thump on my rod startled me. The bottom on my Vexilar screen had flickered only for a second before the fish committed. Now, it made powerful runs, peeling line off my reel. It had to be a ...

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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 ...

Jan. 13—Scott Skafar of Valparaiso caught a 10.2-pound burbot on Lake Michigan in Porter County on Dec.30, besting the previous record set in 1990 by 2.5 pounds. He also caught a second burbot the ...

CEDAR LAKE, Ind. (WANE) A Cedar Lake, Indiana man was fishing for perch on January 6 when he caught something else that ended up being a state record. Anthony Burke landed a burbot that was 37.25 ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — Idaho Fish and Game is giving out prizes to anglers fishing for burbot in the Kootenai River. All participating anglers will receive acustomized hat and sticker. They will also be ...

With reports of 200 or more species going extinct each day, it can seem like an uphill battle to keep vulnerable populations alive. However, sometimes communities come together to bring back species ...