runnydown & red cod , what are they ?

[kela66]

after searching the forum for old post's (tying to avoid doublers) i first thought runnydown & red cod were p**s takes , like pink fish ie blobs (urgg caught one once at newburn as a lad) . but now realize there not but what are they please ? many thanks davey

 

[jimmy]

runnydown= black gutted lugg
red cod = caught mostly from rocks and kelp beds,thats where they get the colouring from
DEFO not a P**s take mate

 

[johnf]

Runnydown is "gutted" big black lugworm. Red cod gets its name as it takes its colour from the kelp it lives in by eating the crabs/molluscs etc that feed off the kelp. (usually a summer fish)

 

[=>Tony<=]

may not be 100% mate but Red cod, are cod that live in the kelp beds so have took on that colour and runny is gutted black lug worm that has been frozen.

http://www.nesa.co.uk/Articles/Freezing_Runnydown_Black_Lug.html.

But sure someone will keep us right if I am wrong.

ooops little slow in posting

 

[kela66]

cheers thought is was some kind of in joke for a while , can you buy runnydown
from your local tackle shop ? , also is it a second rate bait used as a better than nowt option ? . and also are red cod found all year round ? , sorry if these are daft questions im just trying to build up a bit of knowledge cheers

 

[Topfly]

Davey , you can buy frozen blacks (runnydown) from the tackle shops. Sometimes you can get fresh blacks which have just been gutted. imho they are best used in the winter months mixed with crab/mussel as a cocktail. and a packet or two in the freezer along with some frozen mussel/razor clams will get you fishing if you cant get bait, or want to go on the spur of the moment.

 

[kela66]

thanks for all your info

 

[Mogthemackem]

You can actually get pink fish. They are hag fish - eel like things. Not peasant at all but a bit more pleasant than what you caught lol. Runny down are good bait but you will need to tie them on with bait elastic as very soft

 

[phill_itofish]

and also are red cod found all year round ? cheers

I would say yes! never had any in the winter but i havnt fished much kelp this winter, had a few im the summer up at craster, i think 'Stores' is our resident expert on the subject!

 

[Sheepy]

I remember getting runnydown as a kid. I had to sleep standing up with one foot in a bucket of warm water for two weeks. It was hell.

 

[Stores]

Hahaha - the resident expert.....200 miles from the beach with a glass of Highland Park in hand. Anyway to serious business....my thoughts are well known I think....if codling stay in the weirs long enough they go the colour of the afore said. That happens in the summer when the feed for those fish are in the weirs - they become resident fish - they are very local fish...for example every codling I have caught from St Abbs rock ends in the summer has been red. Every codling caught in the boat off St Abbs, a change of habitat of maybe 100 yards has been fresh run.
With regard to the winter I have never caught a red codling in the North East - the reason? - the feed is no longer exclusively in the weirs, there's worms being washed out along the sands (and up the skeers) so the fish are more mobile and less territorial. Are there any there? I suspect not but there may well be some in the deeper water further north. Might be worth one of our younger academics getting a bursary to pursue lol