Some people consider the burbot the "Rodney Dangerfield" of the fish world. With a flattened head and eel-like body, it doesn't win many beauty contests. And too often it gets "no respect," as the ...

The January/February edition of “Pages of Time,” a newsletter published by the Roseau County Historical Society – of which I’m a member – included a “willies”-inducing” article about burbot that ...

RIVERDALE, S.D. — One may not be the most glamorous of fish. The other has a more storied reputation but remains a rarity in North Dakota waters. Following the completion of a record year of walleye ...

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All hail the once-lowly burbot, which now is considered a game fish species in Minnesota. About time, I say. Long considered the “ish of fish” — an understandable moniker, given its beady eyes, ...

One of these things is very much not like the others: common carp, Asian carp, sea lamprey and burbot. The answer is obvious to most anglers and conservationists but merits explanation. Even more ...

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