| This Utah fishing report is all about Burbot: | | | | establishing the Burbot Liver |
| they're ugly and they're notwanted in Flaming | | | | |
| Gorge, but they're feeling quite cozy in | | | | Products Company, which later became Roswell |
| their new home. | | | | Laboratories, Inc. |
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| Burbot, a fish angler's generally consider as | | | | Despite all of that, anglers know Burbot |
| a "junkfish" is a freshwater fishrelated to | | | | compete with other game fish, feedingon |
| cod and looks a lot like an eel, with a mouth | | | | insects and other invertebrates until they |
| full of very tenaciousteeth. | | | | are old enough to feed on otherfish. Because |
| | | | their diet is the same as sport fish, it's |
| It is commonly found in streams and lakes of | | | | unfortunate they arenow in the Gorge. Most of |
| North America above the 40°Nlatitude. And | | | | the Burbot in Flaming Gorge are in the upper |
| Burbot were recently illegally introduced | | | | end ofthe lake. The Division of Wildlife |
| into the Green Riverdrainage in Wyoming, | | | | Resources is requesting anglers to catchtheir |
| which is how they've recently made their way | | | | bag limit of 25 and kill them if they don't |
| into the | | | | eat them. |
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| Gorge. | | | | Here's how to catch them. Use spoons and jigs |
| | | | that have some type of glow onthem. Don't be |
| Although nearly every sport fisherman | | | | afraid of their appearance if you catch one. |
| consider them "trash", there was a day | | | | Their teeth are sortof like catfish or bass |
| | | | teeth and they won't bite. But they are |
| Burbot were in demand. In the 1920's, a | | | | slimy. |
| Minnesota druggist, Theodore H. Rowelland his | | | | |
| father Joseph Rowell were using the Burbot to | | | | Surprisingly they are very tasty. Bread and |
| fee the foxes on Joe'sblue fox farm. The | | | | fry them, or boil them lightly for 4minutes |
| Burbot contained some mysterious element that | | | | then dip them in butter. You'll find they |
| improved thequality of the fox's furs. | | | | taste a lot like lobster. |
| Testing proved that Burbot oil is 4 times | | | | |
| more potentin vitamin D and as much as 10 | | | | To clean Burbot, cut the skin behind the head |
| times more potent in vitamin A than cod | | | | and peel it off with pliers. Thenfillet the |
| liveroil. And Ted discovered that the oil is | | | | meat off around the rib cage and down the |
| more rapidly digested and assimilatedthan | | | | tail, leaving you with niceboneless fillets. |
| most other fish oils. This led Ted to | | | | |