Burbot Bash

[jekern1015]

We fished the Burbot Bash this year, and our results were not that good. For the 2 nights we only ended up with 10 small burbot on Friday and we only managed 4 on Saturday. We fished the Haystack Butte area on both nights. We didn't catch any other fish. I heard reports that over 1100 people had entered the bash this year and only 2 tagged fish were turned in. Fridays total were said to be over 2500 burbot were turned in.

 

[jekern1015]

Here is an update on the results of the bash. I copied and pasted from another site.
There was a total of 1169 participants which caught 4287 burbot in 2-nights. Most fish was won with 211 burbot and adult big fish was 35.1 inches and 7.5 lbs. Youth big fish was 32.1 inches and small fish was 9.5 inches. At total of 13 tags were returned, two of which were this year's red floy tags. All of the prize categories were increased by the Flaming Gorge Chamber of Commerce as a result of increased participation. Pay-outs were extended to 5-places in each category and 1st place most fish and big fish went from $1500 to $5000.