WHAT COD IS IT PART 2

OK guys looks like its a Rankin Cod even though the pic of the fish on the floor shows other rankins with blotches .This was taken after all the fish were removed from a ice slurry before cleaning and the big cod was very slimey to .It did have parasites in the gut cavity and wing area.

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Rankin

Fri, 2015-06-12 20:32

hey mate it's a Rankin Cod I have caught many and you get a few with no blotches. 

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I will say greyband cod or

Sat, 2015-06-13 16:00

I will say greyband cod or eightbar??

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No white on the tips of the

Tue, 2015-06-16 06:48

No white on the tips of the tail or dorsal steers me away from Greyband.

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Rankin confirmed

Tue, 2015-06-16 09:25

 As discussed in the other thread (fishwrecked.com/image/what-fish-it), the tail is an easy character to use.  Rankin has a crescent or lunate tail, Eightbar/Greyband has a rounded tail.

Glenn

 

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