Burbot
Burbot are mottled with mostly shades or brown and white colors, over the upper and main areas of their body, the lower body area becomes pale or cream color and is speckled with brown, and the bottom or belly area is cream colored. The Burbot is a strange looking fish, it has an elongated body and it looks like a cross between a catfish and an eel, despite their strange looks, they are a very tasty fish, making them a great catch for anglers.
Burbot are a freshwater fish, and they can be found in streams, rivers and lakes, including the Great Lakes. Burbot tend to like hanging around and foraging for food near the bottom of the water they inhabit, much like the catfish they look similar too. Also, similar to the catfish's feeding habits, Burbot tend to be much more active and forage for food at night, or on very cloudy days.
Burbot enjoy feeding on aquatic insects, fish eggs and other fish that are much smaller then themselves, in fact they love eating other fish a lot, it is often almost their entire food source throughout their adult lifetime.
Burbot can be caught by anglers using fishing poles or tip-ups during the wintertime. Rig your fishing pole lines with a sinker on the bottom, to keep the bait at the lower depths where the Burbot tend to dwell and forage for food. Some good baits for Burbot are worms, meal worms, blood bait and even cheese baits that are used for catfish fishing will often work well.
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