New Potential Burbot MN State Record

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MN
Posts: 3918
December 20, 2016 at 3:07 pm #1658510
Just saw a post from MWO that shows a new potential state record Burbot at 19.67lbs caught on LOTW. What a whopper! If certified, it just barely beats the current record of 19.5lbs.
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Ralph Wiggum
Maple Grove, MN
Posts: 11764

December 20, 2016 at 3:12 pm #1658512

Whoa! That thing is thick.

tindall
Minneapolis MN
Posts: 1104

December 20, 2016 at 3:32 pm #1658514

TIL what eelpouts are actually called.

BigWerm
SW Metro
Posts: 12155

December 20, 2016 at 4:02 pm #1658522

Could you imagine reeling that in!?!? A regular burbot puts up a great fight!

Eelpoutguy
Farmington, Outing
Posts: 10819

December 20, 2016 at 4:13 pm #1658527

Well now! I’m can’t tell you how jealous that makes me.

Mudshark
LaCrosse WI
Posts: 2973

December 20, 2016 at 4:28 pm #1658532

Eelpoutguy wrote:

Well now! I’m can’t tell you how jealous that makes me. <img

How many state records do you have??

Eelpoutguy
Farmington, Outing
Posts: 10819

December 20, 2016 at 4:34 pm #1658534

one. actually was also a world record! 4.96 lbs
short nose gar caught it below the Ford Dam in 1984.

Vexman
Posts: 27

December 20, 2016 at 6:25 pm #1658553

Love the lawyers

CaptainMusky
Posts: 23864

December 20, 2016 at 9:47 pm #1658608

Eelpoutguy wrote:

one. actually was also a world record! 4.96 lbs
short nose gar caught it below the Ford Dam in 1984.

Dewey!

nhamm
Inactive

Robbinsdale
Posts: 7348

December 20, 2016 at 11:51 pm #1658624

Caught my first pout this weekend, maybe 7#. Was hands down the best fight I’ve ever had on the ice. Shakes, runs, twirls, epic. 10# channel in cold water would be a close parralel. Makes a guy want to target em some time.

Eelpoutguy
Farmington, Outing
Posts: 10819

December 21, 2016 at 6:28 am #1658634

CaptainMusky wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>eelpoutguy wrote:</div>
one. actually was also a world record! 4.96 lbs
short nose gar caught it below the Ford Dam in 1984.

Dewey!

You got me. LOL

Eelpoutguy
Farmington, Outing
Posts: 10819

December 21, 2016 at 6:54 am #1658643

Hey Captain,
How did you know that? Have we fished together in a past life? or drank?

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MN
Posts: 3918

December 21, 2016 at 7:58 am #1658672

Burbot are easily my #2 fish to catch, right behind the good ole’ Walters. I can’t imagine pulling that through the ice, i’m sure it was an 8″ hole also!

sticker
StillwaterMN/Ottertail county
Posts: 4418

December 21, 2016 at 9:21 am #1658725

Just look at the huge back straps on that thing!!! Feed a family of 4 poor mans lobster…mmm mmm good

tim hurley
Posts: 5933

December 21, 2016 at 9:33 am #1658734

ME, #2 to walleye? Walter does not fight as hard or taste as good in the pan. Do we have some fish snobbery(not just you) here in the icy north?

mr-special
MPLS
Posts: 696

December 21, 2016 at 10:10 am #1658752

that is a nice fish, i can only imagine the fight. i wonder if anyone has a mold to mount one that size.
Walleyestudent Andy Cox
Garrison MN-Mille Lacs
Posts: 4484
December 21, 2016 at 10:51 am #1658770
tim hurley wrote:

Do we have some fish snobbery(not just you) here in the icy north?

fish snobbery??…ha, Yea!
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CaptainMusky
Posts: 23864

December 21, 2016 at 12:59 pm #1658810

Eelpoutguy wrote:

Hey Captain,
How did you know that? Have we fished together in a past life? or drank?

Ha! No, but lets just say my buddies call me google. It took a bit, actually it was harder than I was thinking it should be, but I found what I was looking for.
I didn’t know we talked among celebrities! A state record, that is awesome!

BigWerm
SW Metro
Posts: 12155

December 21, 2016 at 2:39 pm #1658838

Here’s the story:

DNR Employee Just Happened To Be In The Grocery Store To Witness Likely New Minnesota State Record Burbot From Lake Of The Woods