I have been chaseing the burbot after the sun goes down and it gets nice and cool. hit holmes last night caught 79 ling in 39ft-56ft most fish came from 40ft dead on the bottom useing sucker meat on glow grubs in 4’‘&5’’ any rocky point from holmes up lake are holding large numbers of burbot the best last night was 33’’ around 5lbs I would say with a ton in the 20’‘-26’’ range. killem all[crazy].FISH
Dang dude , you still chasing those things . Was that you at Buckboard on the board for a mac ?
Is there a limit on Burbot ?
Will be up there around the 24th and want to do our part to eradicate those beasts from F.G.
While out on the water at night, I always keep my Nav lights on ( safety reasons), but I also noticed with any lights on the boat, the BUGS come in really thick. What do you do to keeps the bugs under control while trying to see what you’re doing?
[;)] right on ash !!! I ve been waitn too here a report from you on the gorge.. I thought youd still b stuck in the midwest… Im really stoked to hear that you guys are catchin good numbers in the summer months.. I would like to make a trip up there pretty soon and chase burbot and the crawfish that are so abundant.. Give mea call some time if ya got extra room in your boat for a weekend… Mia has my #… i have fuel money, gear, and other things of value that hardcore fisherman desire..[;)] .. fish on … FISHAMANIAC…
nice dude! are there burbot up in the anvil area? i would like to get tommy in to some pup macks and the burbot sound fun for a late night fishing trip as well..
no limit kill’em ALL,I only use my lights when iam underway then when at the spot only one light is left on for safety and i use a head lamp to see my line and to do any thing i need to do I havnt had to much problem with the bugs after dark . the numbers in anvil are nothing like holmes and north of holmes but with the numbers it wont be long till any rocky point will be invaided it is better from holmes up lake period.fresh burbot and kokes for dinner tonight good luck ash.
You have provided information that is exceedingly valuable. I have been looking for a summer burbot report for the Gorge, so that I can make the most of night fishing there. Every dang burbot killed helps. I am very happy that you made the effort to fish for them and tell us the info.
For a couple of times, I tried to search the Anvil area for good numbers but did not catch anything. So you are saying that any rocky point or cliff will hold them then? When do they start hitting good at night, right after the sun goes down or what?
When I hit the Gore, it is usually for 2-3 days, so with this info I am now planning a burbot massacre for up there.[pirate]
Thanks a whole bunch.
Good to see you posting again Ash, we have missed your reports. I was up at the Gorge last weekend and since we haven’t heard any reports about the burbot on the soft water we never thought to give them a try[crazy]. Will have to go for them on our next trip up there, thanks for sharing.
Here’s a tip I learned from catfishing at night: Attach one of those glow lightsticks to your pole or poles, (The kind that kids wear on their wrist)…You can get them at most novelty or party supply stores…In fact, I picked up a couple at Macys grocery store in Ogden for a dollar, in a basket at the front of the store…Get green ones and red ones…That way, other boats will know you are a boat and the sticks will also help you detect bites at night…They will not attract the bugs as much as the heat does in a light…They will save on your boat batteries, and they will last for a few hours…WW.
“**Here’s a tip I learned from cat fishing at night: Attach one of those glow light sticks to your pole or poles, (The kind that kids wear on their wrist)…You can get them at most novelty or party supply stores.”
DO NOT do this at the gorge as it will get you a big ticket if caught. Using artificial light for attracting fish is against the law in Wyo**
From pg 7 of the wyoming game and fish regs:
. No person shall use an artificial light with a sole purpose of aiding in the
attraction or taking of fish. No person shall use any device to physically****
extend an artificial light over the water to attract fish. It is illegal to use
or attempt to use artificially lighted hooked devices. Artificial lights
used for navigation, safety, preparing fishing equipment, observing
fishing rods and lines and artificially lighted bobbers are legal. Artificial
lights within watercraft or on the shore, which are not otherwise
prohibited, are legal.
In this case then, where do glowing jigs and spoons fall in? They wouldn’t be considered artificial light would they?
Hey fishley, I think you should also post up your report on the Wyoming Board. Lets try and spread the word about the burbot as much as possible.
I believe he was talking about attaching the lights to his poles for safety not to his line to attract fish. Reason being to show a legal green/red light while fishing but not heat to attract bugs.
Pretty good idea but I thought you had to have the rear “white?” light on when not moving. I could be wrong, I don’t fish much at night.
There is a big difference between attaching a glowstick to a fishing rod, and lowering a floodlight over the side of the boat. The game and fish has better things to do than patrol a lake in the middle of the night in search of a glowstick. If you want to get technical about it glow in the dark lures are also artifical light and are also illegal. But once again the game and fish isnt going to search everyones tackle box just for a few tubes and grubs.
You all have me shaken up real bad over these legalities and details.
Once again the rules are proving to be very confusing to me. I cannot believe that if this all is true about the artificial lights, that I have been breaking the law everytime I use a glow jig or if I don’t have the proper lights on my boat.
The first chance I get tomorrow I am callin Wyoming Game & Fish. I will ask for the following and report as soon as I can on here:
[ol]- Clarification on the artificial lights issue- Use of glow jigs/spoons- Use of glow sticks on poles- Clarification on exactly what lights are needed to lawfully and safely operate a boat at night on Wyoming waters.[/ol]If anyone knows the exact answers or finds out first please post on here so we all know. Thanks.
you just cleaned the boat. now ya went and got it all smeely. lol hey i hit the berry and found kokes. you a good teacher. [;)] my brother from cali caught a huge cut trolling in the narrows. 29 inches 11.9 pounds. [fishin] call ya soon. ken
well let me make this as clear as the wyo game and fish did to me kill them no matter the means. thay are not going to ticket you for useing a glow stick on your rod tip and the whole glow jig thing is bs show me a spot that dont sell some thing glow in the dark for fishing, stupid its no big deal i was the same but after clearing some info up i was told shut up and go fishing if you see one of the wyo game and fish out after dark in a boat i will be way suprised. the thing thay dont want people doing is droping one of those atracting lights thay make over the side a glow stick i dont think thay are loseing sleep every night over who has a glow stick on there rod i used them all ice season and oh i fished with the wyo G&F sucker keept takein all my glow sticks…i wonder how well that atracts fish a glow stick on the end of your rod and your bait 40ft away under the dang water hum
while under way use your bow and stern lights while fishing you only need your stern light on and dont worry about the glow jig thing trust me the only way you can get in trouble burbot fishing is geting to drunk … or using live bait…
Nice report Ash! I was wondering where you’ve been, but you’ve obviously been dialing in on the ling. Do you notice the same active periods that you get on the ice, for two hours after sunset and another pulse in the early hours of morning? You think that you could get them fishing from shore, or do you need to be moving with the electric like you did last fall?
One reason that I posted the regs about artificial light ,was to show how confusing the rules can be. Over the years I have talked to a few different G&F officers about this. Every time i got a different answer,about what was and what wasn’t legal. But everyone one of them told me that you could not hang a light over the side of your boat,or attach a light to your pole. As to where light gathering jig,lures etc, come in to play I don’t know . As fishley stated the G&F just want as many burbot taken out of the lake as possible.