Category: Burbot

The 2019 Burbot Bash, held on the ice at Flaming Gorge Reservoir in far northeast Utah and Southwest Wyoming, is in the books.  Held the last week of January, 695 participants forming 212 teams, took to the ice to catch as many burbot as possible in the three-day event.  Knowing that every burbot caught is

Ever since burbot (fresh water ling cod) were illegally introduced into Flaming Gorge Reservoir, fishery managers have attempted to control their spread and remove as many as possible.  I took the opportunity more than a decade ago to assist the Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD) as well as the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources