January 20, 2008 - Yukon River Burbot Lunker - Dawson (from Catherine)

From Catherine, Mom making her daughter proud!

Hey All,

I caught this ling cod (just an inch shy of 3 feet) when I went ice fishing on the Yukon River last night.  I was only out there for 45 minutes when I got the bite: I put quite a big piece of bait on my hook so I knew what I caught was big because while I sat there, with my headlamp shining in the hole on the bait, daydreaming about what colour to paint the new staff house, the bait disappeared!  I was sitting on my bucket (like you do when you are ice fishing) and I had to stand up so it would clear the hole!  How exciting!  That’s my 14 year old daughter, Marley, looking disgusted with me.

Catherine

PS Did I mention that I had to wrestle it to get my hook back…

Dennis here...thanks to Adam for the following clarification:
I called the C.O. at Environment and got a clarification on the night-light. As long as the light is not ‘in the water’, it is permissible to use a light. Yes, you can shine your light at the hole (from above, of course).

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