Just thought I'd make a quick report on todays fishing since I really appreciate reading your reports from all over the world.
Today I went out with a small party boat called Spinnaren. It has room for 10 people but it's perfect when we are around 7-8 people fishing.
This time of year (summer) in my parts of Sweden (https://mapsengine.google.com/map/edit?mid=zuZ1_t6AE6ms.kpzD7hM3Y2F8 (https://mapsengine.google.com/map/edit?mid=zuZ1_t6AE6ms.kpzD7hM3Y2F8)) we usually go after cod on something we call "bulefiske" (bump fishing). The cod gathers in schoals that on the sonar looks like small (or large) "bumps" just over the bottom. It requires a lot of the skipper to navigate the boat to these bumps and keep it there for at least one drop. We have strong currents that make this a real challenge. But Spinnaren's skipper is a good man and a good skipper.
The depth is usually around 15-20m (45-60 feet) so I went out with my Penn Spinfisher V 3500 rigged on a Edge Dynamic Powercast 6-8lbs rod. Jigs around 100-150g is perfect to quickly reach the bottom.
Today the season for "bulefiske" had apparently come to a stop. We didn't find many bumps on the sonar and did a longer drifts instead. In a month or two the cod gathers in the shallows (4-10 m - 12-30 feet) and you can take them on real light gear which is really funny! :) I managed to land five or six cod that was legal and maybe 10-15 herrings for supper tonight.
The weather was great and it's always nice to get out on the water.. :)
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/Karl
nice fish! thanks for sharing your report!
Nice! When I lived in Alaska the cod were 100'-300' deep and not fun to catch due to the heavy gear we used to get down that far.
Very nice Mandelstam, thanks for sharing it with us.
Sal
Nice cod! Good to her that there someone! :)
Yea it's nice to see that at least here cod is slowly getting more plentiful. They are small in comparison to 10-15 years ago but at least in my waters we have the option to scale down our equipment to get a nice fight even from a 3 kg cod. And this summer has been wild. A lot of cod and in good sizes too. The ocean I fish in (Öresund) is a sound between Sweden and Denmark ( I can see Copenhagen from the beach). It's one of the busiest sounds in the world because every ship that wants to enter the Baltic Ocean has to come through here. And I think it's partly because of this that they have, for a long time, banned trawling. So compared to other parts of our coast the fish and ocean has been spared a lot of abuse.
Last summer a fishermen caught a two meter long marlin here. Unfortunately it was caught in a net. So we get some exotic guests as well. Sixty years ago people came from all over the world to catch giant bluefin here. But, as in a lot of other places, they are all gone now...
(http://www.raamuseum.se/Tonfisk-filer/Vantan.jpg) (http://www.raamuseum.se/Tonfisk-filer/Betning.jpg) (http://www.raamuseum.se/Tonfisk-filer/Lastning.jpg)
Source: http://www.raamuseum.se/Tonfisk.htm (http://www.raamuseum.se/Tonfisk.htm)
I love the older pictures Karl, thanks for posting.
You mentioned that it was a nice day, on one of your shots that water didn't look that calm :-\ was it?
Quote from: Alto Mare on August 09, 2013, 09:01:18 PM
You mentioned that it was a nice day, on one of your shots that water didn't look that calm :-\ was it?
I fish the NE Pacific and didn't notice that the water was so flat. Last week we had 6'-7' wind waves we had to run into to get back to port, fortunately the swell was small.
Karl, love the hat!! Great report. Thanks for posting from the other side of the Atlantic.
Bob
Good job Karl. Cod are tasty fish. I remember having cod mixed with fried potatoes at a Swedish friend's house years ago. It was an odd taste for an American tongue but it was strangely cloying. I kind of craved the taste. I also had Lutefisk at a Norwegian house. All the jokes about lutefisk are true. ;D Dominick
Great report and pics Karl - thanks for sharing.
Cheers, Justin
Cod is one of my favorite fish to catch & you have them in your back yard. Some people have all the luck.
Nice Fish
Mike
I make a mean Baccala' with potatoes, good stuff! ;)
Al right here comes a killer---- I don't eat Cod --- I was forced to eat Cod as a child & still can't get it in my mouth BUT I like the Row
Par boil in water with a little vinergar till solid let cool a little slice flour & fry in Butter till lightly golden.
Quote from: Alto Mare on August 09, 2013, 09:01:18 PM
I love the older pictures Karl, thanks for posting.
You mentioned that it was a nice day, on one of your shots that water didn't look that calm :-\ was it?
It rolled a bit but nothing too serious. The worst is when you get ashore after a day on the sea. That is the time I can get seasick, standing in the kitchen filleting cod and your brain still thinks it's out at sea. :)
Quote from: BMITCH on August 09, 2013, 11:41:06 PM
Karl, love the hat!! Great report. Thanks for posting from the other side of the Atlantic.
Bob
Cash is king! :) There's a record (don't remember which) when Cash is doing Me and Bobby McGee live at one of our biggest prisons in Sweden. He actually spoke good Swedish. I love Johnny Cash.
Quote from: bluefish69 on August 10, 2013, 03:29:26 AM
Al right here comes a killer---- I don't eat Cod --- I was forced to eat Cod as a child & still can't get it in my mouth BUT I like the Row
Par boil in water with a little vinergar till solid let cool a little slice flour & fry in Butter till lightly golden.
What!? Don't eat cod? To me it's the best fish to eat period. Yesterday we steamed it with just some salt and pepper. Served with potatoes and carrots and a plain salad. Nothing fancy but food doesn't need to be fancy, just taste great! :)
My dad also likes the row, but smoked. Guess I have to try it sometime.. :)
Quote from: bluefish69 on August 10, 2013, 03:29:26 AM
Al right here comes a killer---- I don't eat Cod --- I was forced to eat Cod as a child & still can't get it in my mouth BUT I like the Row
Par boil in water with a little vinergar till solid let cool a little slice flour & fry in Butter till lightly golden.
Mike, from reading your previous posts, I'm starting to thing you're a picky eater ::)
My wife make two different meals at times and my son still eats pizza for dinner, it drives me crazy.
Quote from: Mandelstam on August 10, 2013, 09:04:51 AM
Quote from: Alto Mare on August 09, 2013, 09:01:18 PM
I love the older pictures Karl, thanks for posting.
You mentioned that it was a nice day, on one of your shots that water didn't look that calm :-\ was it?
It rolled a bit but nothing too serious. The worst is when you get ashore after a day on the sea. That is the time I can get seasick, standing in the kitchen filleting cod and your brain still thinks it's out at sea. :)
I know the feeling.
btw Karl, have you ever heard of baccala'? I believe salted Cod originated there.
Quote from: Alto Mare on August 10, 2013, 09:26:40 AM
I know the feeling.
btw Karl, have you ever heard of baccala'? I believe salted Cod originated there.
I had to google it but now I know what you mean. It's called klippfisk (clip fish) as it was dried in the sun on cliffs by the ocean. For christmas we eat a lot of lutfisk (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutefisk (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutefisk)) which basically is dried and salted cod which then is put in lye (!) and cold water and finally boiled. It's gross. I don't eat it myself but many people here do, it's one of the must have dishes for christmas along with pickled herring and ham, which I love by the way. :)
I love cod but I'm a fan of golden brown with chips or grilled with some veggies and a cold one.Great catch I sure bet that one is gonna be good.
I don't think i am a picky eater but when your told to sit at the table till you eat it. That is the problem. You have to see me with Turnups. I turn bright white as the blood drains from my face. That's when my stomach starts to act up.
I can cook with Cod in any form. I make Baccala at Christmas for our Son. I've cooked it on the boat when passengers have brought it. If I know in advance I make them Cocktail Sauce or Tarter Sauce/ Lemon on the Side
Oh man Cod's the best. Better than Snapper and Snook. Cod cheeks, oh to die for. Salt Cod with fried potatoes, hard tack, onions and bits of salt pork! New Foundland breakfast there, always served with a glass of Rum.
The Rum sounds really good. I will eat everything except the Cod.
Quote from: bluefish69 on August 11, 2013, 05:04:09 PM
The Rum sounds really good. I will eat everything except the Cod.
;D ;D
Quote from: Mandelstam on August 10, 2013, 09:42:20 AM
Quote from: Alto Mare on August 10, 2013, 09:26:40 AM
I know the feeling.
btw Karl, have you ever heard of baccala'? I believe salted Cod originated there.
I had to google it but now I know what you mean. It's called klippfisk (clip fish) as it was dried in the sun on cliffs by the ocean. For christmas we eat a lot of lutfisk (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutefisk (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutefisk)) which basically is dried and salted cod which then is put in lye (!) and cold water and finally boiled. It's gross. I don't eat it myself but many people here do, it's one of the must have dishes for christmas along with pickled herring and ham, which I love by the way. :)
Dried, Salted, Lied and Boiled fish? :P Do you put a sign on the bowl to differentiate it from mashed potatoes? Sorry, I'd have an issue sitting at a table where that was served. Your cod look fantastic, please don't do that to them.
Ron
Quote from: noyb72 on August 11, 2013, 09:51:56 PM
Quote from: Mandelstam on August 10, 2013, 09:42:20 AM
Quote from: Alto Mare on August 10, 2013, 09:26:40 AM
I know the feeling.
btw Karl, have you ever heard of baccala'? I believe salted Cod originated there.
I had to google it but now I know what you mean. It's called klippfisk (clip fish) as it was dried in the sun on cliffs by the ocean. For christmas we eat a lot of lutfisk (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutefisk (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutefisk)) which basically is dried and salted cod which then is put in lye (!) and cold water and finally boiled. It's gross. I don't eat it myself but many people here do, it's one of the must have dishes for christmas along with pickled herring and ham, which I love by the way. :)
.Dried, Salted, Lied and Boiled fish? :P Do you put a sign on the bowl to differentiate it from mashed potatoes? Sorry, I'd have an issue sitting at a table where that was served. Your cod look fantastic, please don't do that to them.
Ron
Baked Ron, not boiled. I bet you would eat mine ;) Google Baccala" there are many ways of cooking it, we even make meatballs with it.
In the Italian cuisine baccala' is a delicacy, it is very expensive
I am familiar with Baccala Sal, although I've never tried it. I was referring to the description of lutfisk. Does not sound appetizing at all.
Ron
Gotcha! ;)
Quote from: noyb72 on August 11, 2013, 09:51:56 PM
Dried, Salted, Lied and Boiled fish? :P Do you put a sign on the bowl to differentiate it from mashed potatoes? Sorry, I'd have an issue sitting at a table where that was served. Your cod look fantastic, please don't do that to them.
Ron
I wouldn't do that to any cod, you can be sure of that! :) But if you think lutfisk sounds gross you should try surströmming. It's a Swedish delicacy. You take herring, let it ferment until it forms a lot of wonderfully smelly acids such as butyric acid for instance. You then put them in tin cans and let them ferment a little more. The can should bulge a little when it's finished and when you open it up it should make a nice little phoof and spray all those nice smells in your face. You then put it on some flat bread with potatoes and enjoy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surstr%C3%B6mming (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surstr%C3%B6mming)
"When opened, the contents release a strong and sometimes overwhelming odour; the dish is ordinarily eaten outdoors. According to a Japanese study, a newly opened can of surströmming has one of the most putrid food smells in the world, even more so than similarly fermented fish dishes such as the Korean Hongeohoe or Japanese Kusaya.":)
/Karl
I will take my fish fried , baked , broiled to perfection. I still haven't got why people take a perfectly good fish and spoil it to eat it, oh well that's me just thinking.I used to get my herring fresh right out of the ocean and cook them many ways, but fermenting them , um that just doesn't sound to appetizing the can poofing and such. :o
Brother,
The Navy has taken me all over this world, and I have seen people eat weird stuff, but you people take the cake!
Ron
Quote from: noyb72 on August 12, 2013, 06:35:01 AM
Brother,
The Navy has taken me all over this world, and I have seen people eat weird stuff, but you people take the cake!
Ron
;D
Once, many years ago, I was in the same room when someone opened a can of surströmming. That was enough for me. I even have a photo that was taken at that moment. Even the photo looks hazy and blurry, so you understand that it's serious stuff. Fortunately they only eat the stuff in northern Sweden so I don't have to be exposed to it.
G'day Karl, I had to look up 'surströmming' as that's a new one on me.
"According to a Japanese study, a newly opened can of surströmming has one of the most putrid food smells in the world, even more so than similarly fermented fish dishes such as the Korean Hongeohoe or Japanese Kusaya."
Something of an acquired taste then ;) ;D
Cheers mate, Justin
Hopefully, not to hijack the thread but to add to it.
Last fall in Alaska, I fished for Silver Salmon all week and caught plenty.
So after cleaning them on the dock, I got a whim to wet a line and "see" what would be lurking below. A sculpin, a sculpin, a sculpin, etc....and then the GLoomis 9 foot salmon rod bends over double and the tip touches the water and keeps going down!
What the HECK have I hooked into?(http://imageshack.us/a/img33/5305/2xqw.jpg)
Reel, reel, reel, and near the top he gives up and rolls over. big ole Cod! P-cod they call 'em up there. For Pacific.
OH YEA! I drop my homemade knife jig tipped with salmon fin or belly and proceed to yank 17 of those bad boys to the surface. No limit on P-cod in AK.....it's a "trash fish" to them.
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battered & coconut encrusted is my fav recipe
Going back up to AK next month.
Of all the salmons silvers are my favorite, but I'd rather have the cod.
Ron
Quote from: noyb72 on August 13, 2013, 06:55:31 PM
Of all the salmons silvers are my favorite, but I'd rather have the cod.
Ron
Ron, you got that right! After catching the cod, I started culling salmon weight out of my second fish box to take home. Ended up giving the lodge owners 30 # of fillets as a wedding gift for their daughter's wedding dinner. Win/Win!
Quote from: noyb72 on August 13, 2013, 06:55:31 PM
Of all the salmons silvers are my favorite, but I'd rather have the cod.
Ron
Yea, me too...especially the dried-up cod with salt ;)
Always a great report Steve-O, thanks for sharing.
You shouldn't disappear for a year at a time though, you should visit more often...we all have jobs you know ;D
How's that project from Alaska coming along, show us some pictures if you've completed it, we would love to see it.
Sal
Sal, now you kill me with guilt......auggghhhh! ;D I know, I know.....shame on me......what's worse is I've only fished a few times this year. I have stopped in more frequently than posting lately....but really - no excuses.
cheers
Quote from: noyb72 on August 13, 2013, 06:55:31 PM
Of all the salmons silvers are my favorite, but I'd rather have the cod.
Ron
I prefer sockeye over both. BTW, a live cod makes good bait for large halibut and a dead one can be quickly converted to crab and prawns.
Sure,
But if you fillet the cod, the head works for the halibut and the rest works for crab and then you have a FEAST!!
Ron
Quote from: noyb72 on August 14, 2013, 03:57:25 AM
Sure,
But if you fillet the cod, the head works for the halibut and the rest works for crab and then you have a FEAST!!
Ron
When you catch dozens of them you don't have to. My wife liked them.
OK,
If I'm gonna catch dozens of fish in the PNW I'd rather them be black rock bass.
Ron
Quote from: Steve-O on August 13, 2013, 04:46:30 PM
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Great catch! :)
I really like the looks of that knife jig... You have more pictures of that? I love DIY stuff.
Quote from: noyb72 on August 14, 2013, 04:46:02 AM
OK,
If I'm gonna catch dozens of fish in the PNW I'd rather them be black rock bass.
Ron
Me too, I love catching them on the surface with light gear and they are good eating.
Karl, here are some more images of the home made DIY knife jig. I went to my local Thrift Store and bought 6-8 of the heaviest stainless steel or Chrome and Brass plated steel table knives. They cost .25 ¢ each or 4 per USD. Add the split rings and hook and they are cheap and effective.
I used a Makita angle grinder to remove the blades and shape the blade ends smooth. The steel was hard to drill being tempered. The split rings are stainless and the hooks are Gamakatsu 8/0 Octopus hooks. Mustad Circle hooks would work, too. The swivels are the corkscrew stainless type used for halibut or other big game deep sea fishing. The line is Spectra heavy duty for camping gear tie downs with heat shrink tubing to cover the spliced ends and knots. The fish I caught were not intimidated by it all. It looks like a herring and I also bounced it on the rocky bottom to make noise. They are very effective on the boat when jigging for rock fish like black rock fish or others. Table knife handles are almost too light for deep water jigging. Anything over 100 feet is too deep as the tide current would put a bow in the line and they were just too light. Maybe connecting two knife handles together end to end like a broken back herring style would be better. These worked for me very well in shallow water and jigging down to 80 feet. Best with bait but work without if you get into a school of fish. The eye sticker is probably not needed. On some others I added holographic tape on the side for flash. Probably not needed either.
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Quote from: Keta on August 14, 2013, 01:46:45 PM
Quote from: noyb72 on August 14, 2013, 04:46:02 AM
OK,
If I'm gonna catch dozens of fish in the PNW I'd rather them be black rock bass.
Ron
Me too, I love catching them on the surface with light gear and they are good eating.
Hoo Yah!
I love pitching swim baits into the rocks from Fresh Water bay to La Push just for those things. Closest thing in the PNW to fishing the wall at Long Beach.
Ron