Hey Muz
do you catch the bar cod up there? I have read that you do some deep water work.
never seen one but a few fishos around here get them in the deeper water
Pitsta
what is a greasey? banshee calls a black cod as not as greasy to the touch as bar cod and Harpuka
this fish was a bit greasy but for its size I guess a bit of slim on the rain coat would be normal. I am glad that it didn't kick while I was holding it as things would have got interesting
Cheers Murf
Hey Murf,
We try to target Bar cod when we get the chance, anywhere from 105 mtrs to 250.
Slime........... we held a couple of fish up for a photo a while back, Ida was smart enough to try to hold his fish out, I just held mine against me........................I looked like an extra from ghost-busters, The crap was hanging a foot from everywhere it touched, they are very slimey.
I have never had the mis-fortune to catch a black cod yet,
think I would fillet & release as there is no way they would go back down where we fish.
Muzz
Muzz
had nothing like the amount of slime that you are talking about.
The 105m grounds sounds alright but at 250m thats a lot of winding for a flathead smaller than the bait I sent downbut if a couple of Bar cod come on board I would love to give it a go
I would like to get a Samson bigger than 14kg to
Cheers Murf
Hey Murf,
our usual cod grounds are between 200-250 mtrs, the close ground usually only has small fish.
To wind up a sinker (no fish ) takes about 20 mins, add a good cod, takes a bit longer.
No wonder we take two fish each & come home.
Muzz
A greasy is a bit like a estuary. Only greasier !!!!!
Mark
Muzz
I am sitting here giggling about having to wind in for 20mins
that would give the old TLD15 a work out
I would jump at the chance to come up and have a go though.
Mark
estuary cod, another protected species in NSW
After a closer look at the pic I'd be prety confident in calling it for a Black,I noticed that a pic (for want of a better term) that Fisheries has of the juvenile Black shows four definate thick bars before the saddle mark,if you look closely you can make these bars out on the side of the fish.
Hey Muzz get a load of this fella (Blue Eye Trevalla) the young bloke draged up from 460 odd metres off Ballina a couple of weeks Back.
Good onya Banshee, we haven't managed a B/E Trevalla yet, maybe not going deep enough for them, 23 miles east is about my limit.
Interesting reel in the background, is that one of the infamous "electric reels"?
Muzz
I'd go Black Cod (Epinephelus daemelii).
Definitely not a Flowery: They have a slight concave "forehead" above the eyes: your fish is very bulgy.
Flowerys are quite common in Qld coral reef areas, Blacks are only found in south Queensland and NSW. We see em while spearing in 20-25 metres off Moreton but my mate won't let anyone pull the trigger on his pet "Blacky".
Overall colour is not a reliable feature for identifying cod because it can rapidly and dramatically change. My books don't have the spine count for Black Cod, but most (all?) of this species have 11 like your fish.
Love the stories about them deep water fish!
If ya canna spear em, ya can jag em on a line.
thanks for the info fellas
Cheers Murf
No Muzz not into the electrics,that's the young fellas jigging reel,a Saltiga Ishidai (the funny bit on the side is a line counter), the spot I go to drops off from 200m to 465m in a distance of about 50m,he was jigging the top of the drop off with 500g jigs for no result,the fish was caught on a deck winch (got two mounted on the other side of the boat) and a slab of Sergent Baker we'd saved for bait earlier.
No worries Banshee,
The line counter DID throw me on that one, didn't think you were into electric fishing.
There's only one place I know you get a drop-off like that, must be a hell wind, even with a deck winch If you go too far east.
Muzz
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