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DirtyDawg10 · Joined: 27 May 2009 Posts: 2238 Location: Granby, CT

This past Friday I took another trip out on the Yellowbird (in New Hampshire) for some deep sea cod fishing. We went out about 8 miles and fished with jigs and clams for cod. We started at 5:00am and headed back at about 2:30pm. We had a great time and the boat actually returned early because we limited out at about 2:30pm. There were 3 of us in our group and we were pulling in some pigs. The largest fish we caught was a 34 pounder and we only had to put back 1 small fish the whole day. We ended up with a total of about 75lbs of fillets. The average fish were between 20lbs and 25lbs. Here's a few pics...

SkeeterJim · Joined: 08 May 2007 Posts: 2219 Location: Newington, CT

Nice looking cods Dawg, good job!
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DV · Joined: 05 May 2010 Posts: 229 Location: East Windsor

nice

SeaDog1 · Joined: 21 Dec 2009 Posts: 2629

Hi DD!

Hope you fillet the Cod Cheeks out -> (size of a sea scallop).
BEST! part of the Cod.

As a kid, my Grandfather would take me to the fishhouses in New Bedford and we would fillet the Cod Cheeks out of the heads.
We'd come home with dozens, then Grandma would cook them up.

Fabulous eating Exclamation

Best regards,
SeaDog1

Bass Sniper · Joined: 05 Feb 2010 Posts: 255 Location: west haven

i dont think you caught enough of them, hahahaha! nice job!
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DirtyDawg10 · Joined: 27 May 2009 Posts: 2238 Location: Granby, CT

Thanks for the comments guys. Yeah...I think I'll have enough fish dinners to last me for a little while Wink

Seadog1 - yeah we did keep some of the cod cheeks they are some good eating.

The Trout Council · Joined: 03 Mar 2010 Posts: 10 Location: milford

i hear that "cheek" part of the striper is also very good...whats the best way to actually get that meat out with a filet knife? ive had problems knowing where to cut (and i have actually hacked it up beyond use)..any tips would be appreciated

Bass Addict · Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2010 12:32 am Post subject:

any worms in the filets? They are harmless but I am a sissy and can't get passed the thought of eating worms. Sorry if I ruined your appetite Crying or Very sad

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DirtyDawg10 · Joined: 27 May 2009 Posts: 2238 Location: Granby, CT

We only kept the cheeks on the larger cod. The smaller they get obviously the smaller the cheeks will be and they are tougher to cut out. The best way to cut them out is feel for them first and then cut around them with a very sharp knife. The tongues are pretty good too. The other cool thing I found out on this trip was how to remove the cod ear bones which are pretty cool little thing to have. I guess if you know what you are doing you can tell the age of the fish from these bones.

So far I haven't found any worms in the fillets. I have in the past and I just remove them after the fillets are cooked. As you said Justin, the worms are harmless they just look a bit weird.

PECo · Joined: 06 Oct 2009 Posts: 5203 Location: Avon, CT

Dawg was kind enough to let me try some of his cod. The fillet finally defrosted last night, so my daughter and I enjoyed the breakfast of champions this morning:

Thanks, again, Derek. We loved it.
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DirtyDawg10 · Joined: 27 May 2009 Posts: 2238 Location: Granby, CT

No problem Phil. Glad to hear you liked it.

PECo · Joined: 06 Oct 2009 Posts: 5203 Location: Avon, CT

My daughter just joined me at the kitchen table and is having more cod for lunch!
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