![]() You will find them in various depth of water from about 4 - 5 feet down to 20+ feet. Like any fish, there are times they will ignore your lure, but for the most part, they are cooperative. If the ling doesn't see the wire worm, just touch it's body with the lure and the fish will often stop immediately & grope around with it's mouth until it finds the worm. You can also catch them on things as small as wire worms. Experiment regarding colors, but charteruse, yellow, green, white, etc. Jigged lures of various sorts (Wetaskiwins, klunkers, lead head jigs with a minnow, etc, etc, work very welll also. are good suspended just off the bottom, and catch a lot of fish. Not so sure it is hunger or whether it is an agressive response to lures or baits in their spawning areas. They are very willing to bite at this time of year. I suppose in some lakes it is different, and they will select areas best suited from what is available. They spawn in specific areas of lakes (and I suppose rivers, but don't know much about those locations for spawning ling) that are usually (in my experience) sandy bottom and not a lot of weeds. Of course there are variations to that time period (a bit earlier to a bit later) but in general terms, late Feb. from about the end of February to the latter part of March. easiest - not necessarily best for the resource) time of year to catch ling (burbot) is in the late winter when they are spawning. That's not to say that they will bite everything all the time, but they are often very accomodating. They are serious predators and eat a great variety of items.hence they will bite most hooks if they find/notice them. You're likely to get a pile of answers on this one. ![]()
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