At 1 fish a day, it will take sometime to fill the freezer...

At least when the one fish is 10 lbs like this one I got on my first drop on the first drip today, it will go a bit faster. It hit the red teaser tube above the Ava...

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Yummy how are the Cod worms up there?

Yummy how are the Cod worms up there?

Depends, the area I've been fishing this week is pretty good, some fish will have none, some will have a few, but never more than 5 or 6 in a fish. If I fish inside the bay I, some of the fish can have over a dozen.

Interesting thing was yesterday's fish, which only had 2 worms in the fillets, had a dozen in the liver, go figure. At Chez Roccus, we have a 3-phase worm and errant bone inspection:

1. During the filleting process
2. As the fish are packaged
3. When the fish are taken out of package prior to cooking

It's rare the the 3rd inspection finds problems that weren't picked up on the first two...

Depends, the area I've been fishing this week is pretty good, some fish will have none, some will have a few, but never more than 5 or 6 in a fish. If I fish inside the bay I, some of the fish can have over a dozen.

Interesting thing was yesterday's fish, which only had 2 worms in the fillets, had a dozen in the liver, go figure. At Chez Roccus, we have a 3-phase worm and errant bone inspection:

1. During the filleting process
2. As the fish are packaged
3. When the fish are taken out of package prior to cooking

It's rare the the 3rd inspection finds problems that weren't picked up on the first two...

I use to hate when they were loaded with them pluck em or chuck em was a tough call

I use to hate when they were loaded with them pluck em or chuck em was a tough call

Only happened once when I removed a fillet from a smaller fish and saw so many worms that removing them would leave me with minced cod, so the crabs ate well that day.

I heard that the resident fish tend to have more worms then the green cod that move in from the ocean. Not sure how correct that is.

I heard that the resident fish tend to have more worms then the green cod that move in from the ocean. Not sure how correct that is.

IMO it's relatively true. The higher the seal concentration, the greater the chance of infection.

That being said, I've pulled worms out of fish caught 20 miles offshore so there's no "safe" distance.

Only happened once when I removed a fillet from a smaller fish and saw so many worms that removing them would leave me with minced cod, so the crabs ate well that day.

Nastiest worm infested cod i ever had was a short I . . . ?