Stuff Cod eat...

[gazzawill]

the bass i caught and some whities from same spot have all been stuffed with pipefish

 

[hawthorn]

Found pipe fish, winkles (with the shell on), and somebody else's rig hook,beads and swivels.

 

[johnf]

Caught a Codling off Tynemouth pier a few years back with a small plastic bottle in its guts (could have been cod liver oil?)

 

[bigroppa]

caught a cod last year and it had a full shoelace in its belly.

 

[seanyrooroo]

I don't think for one minute they intend to eat such items, but there must be something edible near by when they scoop it all up. They dont call them bucket mouths for nowt lol. The one I got from the flat rock had shrimp and parp in its gut.

 

[Topfly]

I caught one a few years back, it was massive. when i gutted it, it had a ships lantern inside it , and guess what? .......

 

[5150]

Caught one in Blyth harbour years ago, stomach was full of sweetcorn and other (human) food scraps, was a lot of boats in the harbour at the time so I'm guessing it was picking through slops tossed over the side.

 

[RobAdair]

Not inside a cod, but I found this inside a squid on Friday:

i'm assuming that the squid swallowed it, as I couldn't find a hole anywhere for it to climb in? That's a 6" blade alongside for comparison.

 

[peter.m]

Found a syringe in a fish once, caught off Blyth




found out it was a drug haddock