Record cusk !
Jan 16, 2022 18:22:54 #
nutz4fish wrote:
You surprised a whole bunch of us with this photo. Include me among that group. That dorsal fin looks like something else, but can't drag it out of my memory bank. Love those eyes, not really fish-like at all, more like a mammal , to me. Thanx for sharing this......
Kinda resembles a Bowfin, with the long dorsal fin.
Jan 16, 2022 19:02:34 #
Ggray2912
Loc: Delaware
Wow what's the limit on them a day, and what's the season run thru. And do you ned a license on the river, when it's frozen.
Jan 16, 2022 21:31:01 #
Help
Loc: Green Bay WI
Lots of burbot in bay of Green Bay. Will be spawning in a few weeks on reefs. Walleye fishermen hate them. Will see a lot of them dead in ice.
Jan 17, 2022 08:47:52 #
Jan 17, 2022 08:58:29 #
Wild_Bill
Loc: North Carolina OBX
Wow! Never heard of a cusk. Reminds me of the snakeheads we catch in Virginia's Potomac River.
Jan 17, 2022 13:59:06 #
I will never really know just how much I don't know. When someone tells me they caught a 'cusk', in the past, my question would have been was he breaking into a home? Now I know. Thank you for the brief education.
Jan 17, 2022 14:04:58 #
Help wrote:
Lots of burbot in bay of Green Bay. Will be spawning in a few weeks on reefs. Walleye fishermen hate them. Will see a lot of them dead in ice.
That’s too bad. They are good eating fish.
Jan 17, 2022 14:11:41 #
bapabear wrote:
True salt water ling cod are a different fish entirely from a burbot. They are often called the same thing because they look a lot alike. Note the spiny fins on the ling cod and the large mouth full of very sharp teeth. Both are missing on the Burbot or cusk Ling Cod can grow to over 70 pounds. Both eat well and freeze well. This is first hand experience.
Very true. I have the same kind of, first hand, experience. That’s an 85 pound ling cod I caught out of kachamak bay in Alaska. Those black rock fish are 10 pounds.
Jan 17, 2022 14:20:56 #
Now that is good fish to eat. Some call them lemon fish. I caught one while offshore, fishing off a rig. The cook, clean and wrapped a piece for me, and he cooked the rest for the crew.
Jan 17, 2022 23:06:21 #
bapabear
Loc: Blaine, Washington
Catfish hunter wrote:
Very true. I have the same kind of, first hand, experience. That’s an 85 pound ling cod I caught out of kachamak bay in Alaska. Those black rock fish are 10 pounds.
That is an impressive catch, even out of Alaska. Great job.
Jan 18, 2022 14:36:36 #
RuffplayOR57
Loc: Klamath Falls, OR
Big A wrote:
My buddy in San Antonio forwarded this photo and info to me from another friend of his back in N.H. !
This is the new (N.H.) state record cusk - it was caught through the
ice at Lake Winnipesaukee on Thursday, Jan. 13th, 2022 ! It measured out to 35" and weighed
in at 12 lbs. - 8-3/4 oz. !
This is the new (N.H.) state record cusk - it was caught through the
ice at Lake Winnipesaukee on Thursday, Jan. 13th, 2022 ! It measured out to 35" and weighed
in at 12 lbs. - 8-3/4 oz. !
Never seen one of those before I don’t believe. Pretty colors.
Jan 18, 2022 14:38:59 #
RuffplayOR57
Loc: Klamath Falls, OR
Catfish hunter wrote:
Very true. I have the same kind of, first hand, experience. That’s an 85 pound ling cod I caught out of kachamak bay in Alaska. Those black rock fish are 10 pounds.
Very Nice Catfish, Very Nice. Those would fill a freezer
Jan 18, 2022 20:00:32 #
They are native to Montana as well, go by burbot. Mostly targeted through the ice from what I understand.
Jan 18, 2022 22:57:32 #
Jan 20, 2022 18:39:59 #
FishingCowboy
Loc: Redding, California
Jeremy wrote:
Resembles a lingcod.
That’s what I was thinking. Looks like a Ling but not quite as ugly.
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