Cod?

[John findley]

Seen a few post on here now about diffrent types of cod like poor cod and tommy cod.how many types is there and how do u tell them apart?

[codseeker]

nee idea m8 looking forward to the answers

[cod head]

nee idea m8 looking forward to the answers

Same here mate all I know is if it's a fatty it's a nice codling if it's a skinny one it's a poor cod to me lol

[FISHERMAN]

Only one cod . I think a tommy is a very small codling. A codling is a few pound . And a cod is a big fish double figures. There are differnt color cod u get the normal cod colour and red cod that are from kelp beds.

[g-force]

The poor cod is the one that gets conked over the head & chucked in a fish-bag

Gary

[mooseboy65]

Only one cod . I think a tommy is a very small codling. A codling is a few pound . And a cod is a big fish double figures. There are differnt color cod u get the normal cod colour and red cod that are from kelp beds.

i thought a codling was anything under 7lb?think a poor cod is a pouting,i might be lookin like a plonker when someone tells me othewise

[John findley]

A thought pouting was a scotch haddock?

[Scotty91]

A thought pouting was a scotch haddock?

Lol a pointing and a haddock two difo fish same as a cod and pouting two difo fish

[jack555]

Poor cod are often mistaken for pout Poor Cod

[g-force]

A thought pouting was a scotch haddock?

Yup, a pouting is known as, among other things, as a scotch haddock (scotchie). Poor cod is similar, but a close relation:

Identifying Poor Cod and Pouting | Britishseafishing.co.uk

Tommies are just tiddlers, also known as skerrits etc. etc. all small codlings.

Gary

[John findley]

So do these class on the species hunt like if a had a cod then got a tommy then a poor cod does that class as three species?

[g-force]

So do these class on the species hunt like if a had a cod then got a tommy then a poor cod does that class as three species?

Tommy is just a small cod, so no, would only count as 2 species; although if you got a pout as well then you'd have three.

Gary

[Darnc]

nee idea m8 looking forward to the answers

Totally agree this has to rank in top threads ever

[John findley]

Totally agree this has to rank in top threads ever

Am just confused a bit why have diffrent names if there the same species lol!

[Bassboyo]

Cod/ pouting/poor cod are all different species.
Codling, tommy cod are local /slang names for cod.
Scotch haddock (scotchie) are local /slang names for a pouting