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Ice Fishing Eh
Steve Cover:
--- Quote from: Jude on February 09, 2010, 04:23:39 am ---Reminds me of fishing a lake up around Fairbanks AK, when I discovered the trout were too small for my #4 hooks. Only managed to snag one 4" long monster the whole morning, while the rest of them nibbled the salmon eggs off my hooks >:(
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Back in the 1980s when I was flying the bush in Alaska, we were working a camp on the edge of Wein Lake about 60 miles West of Fairbanks before the spring melt.
We never caught a trout in our attempts at ice fishing.... A couple of the crew did catch a Burbot or two. Ugliest fish in the lake, but fried up pretty well.
Also, there is a reason, Ice Fishing is not encouraged in salt water...
Take Care,
Steve
John K:
LOL ! Nice one Steve ;D
DanaM:
Seen that one on youtube :D Burbot are damn good eating ifin ya know how to cook them, they are a fresh water cod
and therefore very oily, we always boiled em and ate them like lobster dipped in butter mmmmmm :)
El Destructo:
Well Dana...if you would have called them Lawyer's ...I would have known what the hell you were talking about..... ::)...never in all my Years back Home...heard them called Burbot...heard them called a lot of bad Names...but not that.... :P...and they do eat good...if cooked tight...and the Caviar is quite good too....and I bet the Hide would look good on a Bow too........ ;D
Jude:
I found out the problem was that the Chena lakes are so shallow that they pretty much freeze solid every winter, then they restock every spring. Tried fishing the streams up there, but saw more grayling than anything else, and you can't keep those. Heard there's good pike fishing up in Tanana Flats, but never made it up there.
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