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” ...

Through the years, burbot (ling), a native species to waters throughout Montana, have been labeled as disgusting, ugly and slimy. Some people have gone so far as to say they wouldn't even touch one of ...