difference between poor cod and pouting!!!!!!!!
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difference between poor cod and pouting!!!!!!!!
had a handy enuff little session down in cobh tonight couple of cod caught and a lobster for flany555, aswell he cought either a pouting or a poor cod and im just wondering what the difference between the 2? i was thinkin that it was a pouting because it was a bit more plump and round??? or am i wrong???? sorry no image to uplaod he has em on his fone tho!!!!!!!
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Re: difference between poor cod and pouting!!!!!!!!
Pout are way deeper and have different colour bands along the body,but they fade the bigger the pout
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Re: difference between poor cod and pouting!!!!!!!!
Here we go again
Forget about deep bellies, smaller scales, a bigger smile or where they came from or how they ducked the bucket brigade to get here.
This is the only way to be dead sure of the ID before they are all dead and on someone's plate for dinner
The Poor Cod: The first anal fin begins behind the first dorsal fin
The Pouting: the first anal fin begins under the first dorsal fin
The best way to renenber is the poor cod has the poorer (lesser) anal fin
Forget about deep bellies, smaller scales, a bigger smile or where they came from or how they ducked the bucket brigade to get here.
This is the only way to be dead sure of the ID before they are all dead and on someone's plate for dinner



The Poor Cod: The first anal fin begins behind the first dorsal fin
The Pouting: the first anal fin begins under the first dorsal fin
The best way to renenber is the poor cod has the poorer (lesser) anal fin
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Re: difference between poor cod and pouting!!!!!!!!
thanks for the replys lads, much appreciated mr domney great diagrams must compare them now to the pics on his fone...........cheers again
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Re: difference between poor cod and pouting!!!!!!!!
donal domeney wrote:Here we go again
Forget about deep bellies, smaller scales, a bigger smile or where they came from or how they ducked the bucket brigade to get here.
This is the only way to be dead sure of the ID before they are all dead and on someone's plate for dinner![]()
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Well done Donal





On the plevic fins ---- I use: "pouting past" (that is in a pout the pelvic fin go beyond the vent. A poor cod the fins only reach the vent)
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Re: difference between poor cod and pouting!!!!!!!!
@ Donal... once again you come to the rescue... well done and the diagram you have done has stuck in my head since the last time...
Think you should change your user name to Cpt Pouting!!

Think you should change your user name to Cpt Pouting!!



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Re: difference between poor cod and pouting!!!!!!!!
And compared to cod, is there any big difference in taste ?
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Re: difference between poor cod and pouting!!!!!!!!
yes they taste crap
good pot bait or conger mash 


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Re: difference between poor cod and pouting!!!!!!!!
Which one now ?roger de dodger wrote:yes they taste crapgood pot bait or conger mash
Re: difference between poor cod and pouting!!!!!!!!
jamie oliver was cooking pouting a while back and it looked delicious he reckoned as good or better than cod saying that they were fish over the pound weight
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Re: difference between poor cod and pouting!!!!!!!!
large pouting make fairly decent eating flesh is very delicate,they should be gutted straight away and kept very cool with ice packs, and eaten as soon as possible as in the same day they are caught 

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Re: difference between poor cod and pouting!!!!!!!!
both!MarkoC wrote:Which one now ?roger de dodger wrote:yes they taste crapgood pot bait or conger mash
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