Big Cods

Big Cods

First time pic upload , hope it works.

One of two arm stretching cod from saturday , bottomed out the boat scales at 20kg.

Gageroads23

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 pic worked just like your

Tue, 2013-02-05 08:52

 pic worked just like your arms would have been with that monster. great eating and rewards worth the effort.

well done. looks like a great day out there as well weather wise

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Well done mate

Tue, 2013-02-05 09:06

Not bad for a first pic!!

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great fish! Bait or jig? What

Tue, 2013-02-05 10:43

great fish! Bait or jig? What sort of depth?

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Caught on bait , just

Tue, 2013-02-05 18:09

Caught on bait , just starting the deep drops but jigs will come later and at about 280m.

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Top job.

Tue, 2013-02-05 20:41

 Gee they are big fish. What size hook were you using?

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Osprey ,  just a pettenoster

Wed, 2013-02-06 05:47

Osprey ,  just a pettenoster with a 20/0 and the other one Im not sure but Bigger .

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Snot Bags

Tue, 2013-02-05 20:49

The snot that comes off them is a real pain but the eating quality far out weighs the mess they cause.

Good fish, well done

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So true, I think I might ski

Wed, 2013-02-06 06:23

So true, I think I might ski the next one to try and get the slime off it.

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Grows

Wed, 2013-02-06 07:19

Wouldn't make any difference. You can scrape and wipe all the snot off, put the fish on ice and pull it out 10 minutes later and its all back there.

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Wet hessian sack

Wed, 2013-02-06 10:29

By placing the fish on a wet hessian sack when cleaning / filleting I find it slides around less than on a hard surface.  I always carry a hessian sack with me now. 

If someone has found an easy way of cutting through the rib cage bones though I'm all ears.

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Ribs

Wed, 2013-02-06 21:07

First move is to cut through the throat and around the gills and through the bones holding the wings then cut down along the spine and through the lateral [pin] bones and go over top of the ribs, taking the wings with the fillet.  Once the two fillets are off then remove the wings.

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 very very very good. lovely

Tue, 2013-02-05 22:29

 very very very good. lovely work mate, beautiful fish!