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