Big Cods
Submitted by gageroads23 on Tue, 2013-02-05 08:47
First time pic upload , hope it works.
One of two arm stretching cod from saturday , bottomed out the boat scales at 20kg.
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Faulkner Family
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pic worked just like your
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
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
crasny1
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Well done mate
Not bad for a first pic!!
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dkonig82
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great fish! Bait or jig? What
great fish! Bait or jig? What sort of depth?
When asked by a non-fisherman 'how many fishing rods do you really need?' the correct answer is either:
n+1 (where n is the number of fishing rods you currently own); or
n-1 (where n is the number of fishing rods which would cause your significant other to dump you.
gageroads23
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Caught on bait , just
Caught on bait , just starting the deep drops but jigs will come later and at about 280m.
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opsrey
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Top job.
Gee they are big fish. What size hook were you using?
gageroads23
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Osprey , just a pettenoster
Osprey , just a pettenoster with a 20/0 and the other one Im not sure but Bigger .
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carnarvonite
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Snot Bags
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
till
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So true, I think I might ski
So true, I think I might ski the next one to try and get the slime off it.
carnarvonite
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Grows
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.
Alan James
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Wet hessian sack
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.
carnarvonite
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Ribs
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.
Ollie
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very very very good. lovely
very very very good. lovely work mate, beautiful fish!