Mississippi River burbot?

  • Owen Hess
    Posts: 6
    March 27, 2020 at 9:50 pm #1928056

    Today while fishing below lock and dam 5 out of bass camp I believe I caught a burbot. The reason that I believe it was a burbot not a bowfin was that it had two barbels hanging off its chin and it was slimy with no scales unlike like a bowfin, it also didn’t have the black dot on its tail like a bowfin. I have never heard of people catching burbot in the Mississippi before.

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    riverruns
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    March 27, 2020 at 9:59 pm #1928059

    dogfish.

    deertracker
    Posts: 9237
    March 27, 2020 at 10:07 pm #1928060

    Yeah, I’d say eel-pout as well. waytogo
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    Gino
    Grand rapids mn
    Posts: 1212
    March 27, 2020 at 10:12 pm #1928062

    Boil in 7-up , very good

    Owen Hess
    Posts: 6
    March 28, 2020 at 10:25 am #1928165

    After looking at the dnr website it says that burbot can live in the lower Mississippi River. It was only 8 inches.

    Eelpoutguy
    Farmington, Outing
    Posts: 10430
    March 28, 2020 at 2:09 pm #1928238

    Pretty sure it’s a Green sunfish

    Owen Hess
    Posts: 6
    March 28, 2020 at 5:25 pm #1928318

    No teeth that’s what made lean towards burbot.

    Ralph Wiggum
    Maple Grove, MN
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    March 28, 2020 at 5:56 pm #1928333

    I’ve caught a couple small burbot out of the Miss near St. Cloud.

    Pete Bauer
    Stillwater, MN
    Posts: 2599
    March 28, 2020 at 7:26 pm #1928368

    I’ve never caught a Burbot but I’ve caught a ton of Bowfin. That’s not a dogfish.

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