Joey Teofilo is eager to fish Lake Nipissing again after pulling up a giant burbot and dozens of walleye while his father and family friend got their lines wet off the South Shore last week. They didn ...

As soon as he set the hook, Nickolas Borash knew he had a big burbot on his line. “It didn’t hit that hard but when I set the hook the pole just bent,” Borash said. “I thought, ‘It’s going to be a big ...

Loading external pages may require significantly more data usage than loading CBC Lite story pages. An 18-year-old from Thunder Bay may be the new "ling king" of Ontario, when he landed what could be ...

Just when we thought the night was all perch and walleye, a giant burbot — the legendary “grease pig” — smashes the line. After landing the surprise catch, we cook up perch fish tacos with all the ...

Ice-fishing is coming to an end for the 2015/16 season, but for 18-year-old Landan Brochu, it may be a season he’ll never forget! In the great weather on Sunday, he was out fishing in the little hole ...

An Orillia, Ont. angler says he has caught what could be an Ontario record burbot. On Jan. 25, Sebastien Roy says he was ice fishing on Lake Simcoe with a buddy, looking for some whitefish. Roy, 32, ...

A female burbot will lay millions of eggs, spraying them everywhere and hoping some survive. She’ll also make frequent appearances on Jeremy Kyle. The burbot looks like a giant tadpole with a grumpy ...