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Fun video!
Looks like your mystery fish is a burbot. An invasive species that must be killed when caught.
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Yeah everybody thinks that you have to be fishing right on the bottom and barely moving your bait to catch burbot, While ice fishing out there we have caught quite a few just 10-20 feet down.
It like at Deer Creek all of my best smallmouth that I have ever caught have been while I'm trolling for walleye. There are not many of them but they are huge compared to the ones that come from the rocky shorelines.
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Nice video Robert, pretty amazing a burbot would follow a lure like that, just goes to show, they are not always bottom dwellers. Looks like you and BSF had a good trip.
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Thanks Robert. I had a great time. And caught a couple of fish that I have never caught before (Mac & Burbot). We also caught a Brown Trout trolling over in the Rawlins Draw area. Thanks for sharing the video, they are always fun to watch.
Brian
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Robert, it looks like you and Brian had a fun trip.
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We have caught them trolling for kokes a couple of times . They were a good 45 feet off the bottom hanging with the salmon.
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Thanks for taking the time to post videos using your underwater camera. Very interesting to see how the fish will follow and for how long.
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Great video, thanks for sharing!
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cool vid, thanks
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