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MTangler:
What is the difference between"eelpout" and "burbot?  OR another common name in montana is the "ling"


--- Quote from: holmes76 on Apr 20, 2010, 11:12 AM ---did you notice on the bottom of that page.. "Burbot are a freshwater member of the gadiform family (which includes most common codfish), and are sometimes mistakenly referred to as "eelpout."


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Ugly Ice:
Burbot/Eel pout/Ling
All the same fish

switchbreed:
Probably called eelpout because they look a lot like them. As far as i know the "real" eelpout is an ocean species. Im not sure thought but when i translate eelpout to Swedish i get "tånglake" which is an ocean living fish that looks almost like burbot but you can see clear differences between them. Not a big deal really in the ol' days they called them freshwater cod over here.

EDIT:
Apperently Ling, Cusk and eelpout (all three are names I've heard people using when referring to burbot) are three different types of cod-like fish all living in the ocean. It was confusing for someone like me coming from Sweden because I had a hard time figuring out which one it really was. Why don't people just call them burbor? lol

H.T.:
we call them lings down here out of Oneida or lawyers ::) ::) yes fresh water cod. the ones that the Maine guys get seen to be longer in size. ;D i would rather catch walleyes and perch anyday over those slimmy things anyday ::) ::) ;D

anglerbrian:

--- Quote from: H.T. on Jun 23, 2011, 08:17 PM ---we call them lings down here out of Oneida or lawyers ::) ::) yes fresh water cod. the ones that the Maine guys get seen to be longer in size. ;D i would rather catch walleyes and perch anyday over those slimmy things anyday ::) ::) ;D

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Call them whatever you like they are one of the best tasting fish out there. I like perch and Walleye too but Burbot are just as good and easy to fillet as well.

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