Cod Fishing Above the Arctic Circle

[Roccus7]

So I finally got to fish for cod in prime waters above the Arctic Circle, using all the latest Greenlandic fishing gear, as you can see from one of the photo. Let me tell you, handlining in a small cod on 80 lb mono with a 12 oz Viking Jig and 4, 8" surgical jubes from 20 fathoms isn't much fun. I missed my US Senator w/braid and my Herson Industries custom deep jigging outfit. Having that, I probably would have caught 20 cod instead of the 4 I did catch. I did also snagged a sea cucumber, a new personal best, LOL.

Fish caught were all small, smaller than I'd keep fishing here. The one exception was a 24" fish, the largest caught on the boat, but alas, there was no pool...

But the fun part was the meal made with the cod, introducing me to Cod Sashimi, something I never dream doing because of the seal worms. It was AMAZING!! I may get adventurous come September, especially since I'd slice the fish so thinly I'd be able to see any worms missed in the original 4 inspections...

 

[captmike28]

So I finally got to fish for cod in prime waters above the Arctic Circle, using all the latest Greenlandic fishing gear, as you can see from one of the photo. Let me tell you, handlining in a small cod on 80 lb mono with a 12 oz Viking Jig and 4, 8" surgical jubes from 20 fathoms isn't much fun. I missed my US Senator w/braid and my Herson Industries custom deep jigging outfit. Having that, I probably would have caught 20 cod instead of the 4 I did catch. I did also snagged a sea cucumber, a new personal best, LOL.

Fish caught were all small, smaller than I'd keep fishing here. The one exception was a 24" fish, the largest caught on the boat, but alas, there was no pool...

But the fun part was the meal made with the cod, introducing me to Cod Sashimi, something I never dream doing because of the seal worms. It was AMAZING!! I may get adventurous come September, especially since I'd slice the fish so thinly I'd be able to see any worms missed in the original 4 inspections...

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Complaining about handlining in 4 small Cod Roccus? Be happy you were not one of those Portuguese Dory fisherman hauling in the setlines by hand!!!

Seriously, that Cod sashimi does look very interesting and delicious. The cut is so thin that the fish is literally translucent. What kind of knife skills do you need to do that??

 

[Roccus7]

Seriously, that Cod sashimi does look very interesting and delicious. The cut is so thin that the fish is literally translucent. What kind of knife skills do you need to do that??

A damn sharp knife, I would assume. I did not do the cutting, just the eating!!

 

[longcast]

Truly an amazing looking dish!

 

[Pangaroo]

My family in Norway fished in the Fjords handlining for Cod. Even after my brother built a rod for them , they still used handlines. I wish I could speak Norwegian and go to Norway and live on the 35 acres we own that is less than a mile from the North Sea. I know English is wildly spoken there, but I'd never fit in over there. My Cousins wanted nothing to do with that land and gave half the land to us and all we had to do was pay $10,000 to the lawyer. The land is on the Island of Hidra near the town of Rasvag. 35 Acres and we don't pay one dime in taxes because it's vacant land and we're foreigners. They only tax if you develop it.