bent cod

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#1 Post by **roger de dodger** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 2:20 pm

got this deformed codling last night freeky huge head little bod, same fish in second pic from other side put him back even though he was deep hooked kinda put me off eating him anyone see similar?

#2 Post by **carpets** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 3:58 pm

ya i think we caught his brother in waterford in january or mabey he went on his holidays up the east coast to see you Rodge...

#3 Post by **thelegend** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 6:25 pm

:shock: same thing happened me on that atkins diet thingy :lol: :lol:

#4 Post by **DL.TURBOT** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 7:10 pm

There called stumpys in England, Not cod, But the shape of the one you got, Its normal enough

#5 Post by **Danny M.** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 7:42 pm

carpets wrote:ya i think we caught his brother in waterford in january or mabey he went on his holidays up the east coast to see you Rodge...

Thats the same lad pat caught alright ...it has to be !!

How many bent Cod do you come across i ask ( that sounds wrong in so many ways :P )

We should set up our own tagging system for strange deformed fish :shock: h lol

#6 Post by **eric** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 9:44 pm

its was a weird night rodger, :D :D gutted i missed the slack liner, never again will i bait up 4 lug and half a crab on a size 4, just got too lazy to even change the rig :oops: :oops: :lol: :lol:

#7 Post by **JOHN1** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 10:25 pm

We should set up our own tagging system for strange deformed fish :shock: h lol[/quote]

there is only one way to tagg fish like that thats a good knock on the head :wink:

#8 Post by **brianbru** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 10:55 pm

total recall fish :lol:

#9 Post by **alby** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 12:34 am

Nice fish Rog,

Fairly common I reckon especially this time of the year, think there just very well fed from all the sprats available. Lucky fish all the same, had I got him I would have sorted that bend out with my filleting knife :)

Mon Mar 17, 2008 12:17 pm

eric grabbed him and revived him and released him dont really think i had the option (he fishes to many comps!) :lol: :lol:

#11 Post by **eric** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 12:26 pm

i think i remember you saying: 'ughh i aint eating that' :lol: :lol:

#12 Post by **Caz-Galway** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 3:04 pm

Hi Guys,

This condition of twisted or deformed spines in fish is quite common in farmed hatchery reared fish and less so in wild fish. Its reffered to as Kyphosis or Scoliosis depending on where in the spine it ocours. Its caused by vitamin deffiency in the fish during larval stage. So this Cod was missing something in its diet as a young lad. All fishes can have this problem not just Cod. Unusual in the wild for one to survive this long as he would not be a good swimmer making him an easy target for predators.

Caz

#13 Post by **Drew** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 5:15 pm

Seen 1 or 2 like that round the Dee...

#14 Post by **gannet** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 9:14 pm

Used to catch a lot of these cod when boat fishing off Muck Island (Co Antrim) when stocks were plentiful. Portavogie boats caught them in certain areas of the North Irish Sea. They were sold at the fish market and considered to be quite normal, although I never saw any more than about three pounds weight.

#15 Post by **wayne riley** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 10:14 pm

well done roger on ur bent fish :D :D :D :D :D