bent cod

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?

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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...

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

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

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

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:

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:

total recall fish :lol:

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 :)

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

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

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

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

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.

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