Burbot

Also called: Freshwater Cod, Cusk

Elongated, mottled brown-olive body with a single chin barbel, two dorsal fins, a long anal fin, and rounded tail.

Cold freshwater lakes, rivers, and deep pools.

A bottom-oriented predator often most active in cold water and low light.

Where present and permitted, natural bait fished close to the bottom.

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