Float / bait for Burbot
Complete guide — gear, lures, season and tips.
Gear
- Rod
- Heavier float/coarse rod or beach rod, 3 m
- Mainline
- Mono 0.35 mm or braid 0.20 mm
- Leader
- Fluorocarbon 0.40 mm
- Hook
- #1 to 2/0
- Weight
- Bottom rig with a 40–60 g weight
Lures / bait
- Piece of herring
- Piece of roach
- Fish liver or gut bait
Season
Nov–February
Time of day
Night
Pro tip
Bottom-fish from the ice or from a dock late in the year. Use oily, strong-smelling bait — burbot hunt by scent.