Anyone can fish when they have the right tide bait place after that its up to the fish 
Anywey back to my point if a place is producing good sized cod should our hooks be bigger or just our bait piled on in a big ball of lug and mack on the hook 
Cod hooks
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trout hunter jnr
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Cod hooks
Jus wonderin wheather or not it makes a difference with cod hooks on there size obviously im out for the big ones and its not because im not 'professional' Anyone can fish when they have the right tide bait place after that its up to the fish Anywey back to my point if a place is producing good sized cod should our hooks be bigger or just our bait piled on in a big ball of lug and mack on the hook
Anyone can fish when they have the right tide bait place after that its up to the fish Anywey back to my point if a place is producing good sized cod should our hooks be bigger or just our bait piled on in a big ball of lug and mack on the hook Fisherman's prayer:
God grant that I may live to fish, For another rainy day.
But when my final cast is made, I then most humbly pray.
When nestled in your landing net, As I lay peacefully asleep.
You'll smile at me and judge, That I'm "good enough to keep"!
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God grant that I may live to fish, For another rainy day.
But when my final cast is made, I then most humbly pray.
When nestled in your landing net, As I lay peacefully asleep.
You'll smile at me and judge, That I'm "good enough to keep"!
Member of Leinster Youth Interprovincials FEB. 2011
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ShaneH
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Re: Cod hooks
match the size of the hook to the size of the bait ur going to be using if u use a small hook with a big juicy bait u will just end up masking the hook and u will miss the fish of a life time
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Re: Cod hooks
Ok thanks shane will take advice thanks man
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Re: Cod hooks
i would not go below 4/0 for cod, even a small one will take a 4/0 no problems,their mouths are huge! 
species 2012.........(12)seatrout,bass,turbot,flounder,brill,lsd,coalie,shore rockling,pollock,pout,poor cod,gray gurnard
species 2011 (20) flounder,whiting,poor cod,5 beard rockling,lsd.coalie,thornie,three bearded rockling,shore rockling.seatrout.turbot,plaice,brill,pollock,ballen wrasse.huss,pout,cookoo wrasse,corking wrasse,dab.
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species 2011 (20) flounder,whiting,poor cod,5 beard rockling,lsd.coalie,thornie,three bearded rockling,shore rockling.seatrout.turbot,plaice,brill,pollock,ballen wrasse.huss,pout,cookoo wrasse,corking wrasse,dab.
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trout hunter jnr
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Re: Cod hooks
Yeah maybe i should get the father makin the rigs again and hav a mixture of 1/0's and 3 or 4/0's
depending on the conditions etc.
depending on the conditions etc.
Fisherman's prayer:
God grant that I may live to fish, For another rainy day.
But when my final cast is made, I then most humbly pray.
When nestled in your landing net, As I lay peacefully asleep.
You'll smile at me and judge, That I'm "good enough to keep"!
Member of Leinster Youth Interprovincials FEB. 2011
God grant that I may live to fish, For another rainy day.
But when my final cast is made, I then most humbly pray.
When nestled in your landing net, As I lay peacefully asleep.
You'll smile at me and judge, That I'm "good enough to keep"!
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Waitin4BigTings
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Re: Cod hooks
i woulnd go near 1/0 for cod even da small codling can fit a 4/0... i use 4/0 on all my cod traces 