Fishing on the other coast.
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baddogg
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Did that last summer with a Newfie buddy. Easy limit of 10 cod. 5 per person. Nothing anywhere near that big though. Fished off Exploits Island in Notre Dame Bay. No license required either, which I found odd.
Will never forget that trip as my friend died suddenly this spring.
Will never forget that trip as my friend died suddenly this spring.
SpringFever2359
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Just back in Twillingate again visiting the inlaws, will go out for Saturday, Sunday, Monday openings over next few wks with a family friend weather permitting.
They've said easy getting their fish again this yr.
We've let the larger ones go in past yrs as they like the smaller ones meat better.
They've said easy getting their fish again this yr.
We've let the larger ones go in past yrs as they like the smaller ones meat better.
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I went cod jigging up in Tilting a few years back. It's my wife's family homeland. It's out there by Newfoundland standards even. We jigged cod by hand. No high grading fish It's illegal. The cousin that took us out is an old time fisherman. Boy was it fun. And Atlantic cod is easily one of my favorites. It's so good.
SpringFever2359
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The rules I'm told here is if the cod is brought into the boat it stays in the boat, 5 per person max, but no more than 15 cod in boat even with 4 or more people
Agree its the best white meat I've eaten
Agree its the best white meat I've eaten
SpringFever2359
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Tilting is a Beautiful part of the world, very close to 1 of the 4 corners of flat earth
baddogg
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Twillingate is just a short run from where we were fishing near Exploits Island.
It is! You should see the drop off at the edge!Tilting is a Beautiful part of the world, very close to 1 of the 4 corners of flat earth
SpringFever2359
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Fish fish everywhere, nothing like it back in BC for # of cod fish out there
had our lobster
boil up also..
glad I dont live here full time I'd weigh 300lbs if I did!!
had our lobster
boil up also..glad I dont live here full time I'd weigh 300lbs if I did!!For my mother-in-law and family and friends from there, they (older folks) think of lobster as poor man's food. It was looked down on. Crazy how times change.Fish fish everywhere, nothing like it back in BC for # of cod fish out there
had our lobster
SpringVelocity
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Fish fish everywhere, nothing like it back in BC for # of cod fish out there
had our lobster
Oh Man! Yummy.....
SpringFever2359
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Yeah, it was fed it to inmates back in the day, my father inlaw said he was bullied when he took lobster sandwiches to school, as only poor people ate it back then..
Newf
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I believe that it depended on which part of the island you were from. I came from the South West corner of the island and lobsters were not plentiful in my day or that of my Dad. It was a real treat to get a couple of meals of lobster per season as there were not a lot of guys that fished them as it was not a big money fishery. On other parts of the island every second person and their dog were lobster fisherman. Herring, cod and other ground fish were big in our area until they fished the crap out of everything. Practically every community on the coastline had their own fish plant and now there’s hardly any.
