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An Indiana angler has shattered a state record with his recent Lake Michigan catch of a 14-pound, 3.6-ounce burbot. Anthony Burke’s catch on Jan. 6 eclipsed the previous record by nearly three pounds ...

CEDAR LAKE, Ind. (WANE) A Cedar Lake, Indiana man was fishing for perch on January 6 when he caught something else that ended up being a state record. Anthony Burke landed a burbot that was 37.25 ...

Jud Kratzer, a fisheries biologist for Vermont Fish and Wildlife, holds a freshly-caught burbot measuring 24.5". Beneath the ice in Vermont’s lakes and streams lives a cold-loving fish with a “beard” ...