Burbot Ice Fishing Is Booming — From Overlooked to Late-Ice Target

Burbot ice fishing is booming during late ice. Once overlooked, these freshwater cod are now one of the most compelling targets of the season.
MinnPost

The 40-year history of the International Eelpout Festival

Your donation today will help MinnPost continue to report on the news you need. In 1979, Don and Debbie Overcash, owners of Walker Drug, and Ken Bresley of the Tackle Box bait shop came up with the ...
Grand Forks Herald

Cass Lake leopards gain popularity among anglers

CASS LAKE, Minn.--The fish took off on a line-peeling run, and all Brian Jones could do was hang on and enjoy the ride. Welcome to the world of eelpout fishing. "Whoa, he didn't like that," Jones said ...
Star Tribune

Ugliest catch: Walker's International Eelpout Festival

Some call it the ish fish. For decades winter anglers who accidentally hooked eelpout discarded them on the ice or even cut their lines rather than handle the slimy, snakelike fish, known to wrap ...
Grand Forks Herald

ADVENTURES IN EELPOUT: Fewer 'ish of fish'

The eelpout or burbot, that beady-eyed freshwater cod widely known as the "ish of fish" for its unsightly appearance, doesn't get a lot of attention, but fisheries managers in Minnesota and North ...
Rapid City Journal

Eelpout, the 'ish of fish,' in apparent decline

GRAND FORKS, N.D. -— The eelpout or burbot, that beady-eyed freshwater cod widely known as the "ish of fish" for its unsightly appearance, doesn't get a lot of attention, but fisheries managers in ...