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As this is my first post i thought i would give you an obsevation i have noticed over the last couple of years. last week the conditions in my local area was spot on for a codling shot into the freezer and some lovely frozen crab i had gathered last summer. to cut the story short i fished a local spot and had three nice codling in the 3lb range. a few whiting later i hit into a nice codling 5lb 14ozes lovely fish but 2ulcers on one side and a large one on the other side about the size of a hens egg ? which went strait back into the sea.
this is becomming more common on the north east coast as many anglers from the area are reporting the same thing.
has anybody from other areas of the country noticed this or is it peculiar to my area ?
D.S.J

<blockquote data-quote="DEEP SEA JOHN" data-source="post: 313467" data-attributes="member: 1982">As this is my first post i thought i would give you an obsevation i have noticed over the last couple of years.&nbsp; last week the conditions in my local area was spot on for a codling shot&nbsp; into the freezer and some lovely frozen crab i had gathered last summer. to cut the story short i fished a local spot and had three nice codling in the 3lb range. a few whiting later i hit into a nice codling 5lb 14ozes lovely fish but 2ulcers on one side and a large one on the other side about the size of a hens egg ? which went strait back into the sea.this is becomming more common on the north east coast as many anglers from the area are reporting the same thing.has anybody from other areas of the country noticed this or is it peculiar to my area ?D.S.J <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" alt="🦀" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f980.png" title="Crab&nbsp; &nbsp; :crab:" data-shortname=":crab:" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="DEEP SEA JOHN, post: 313467, member: 1982"] As this is my first post i thought i would give you an obsevation i have noticed over the last couple of years. last week the conditions in my local area was spot on for a codling shot into the freezer and some lovely frozen crab i had gathered last summer. to cut the story short i fished a local spot and had three nice codling in the 3lb range. a few whiting later i hit into a nice codling 5lb 14ozes lovely fish but 2ulcers on one side and a large one on the other side about the size of a hens egg ? which went strait back into the sea. this is becomming more common on the north east coast as many anglers from the area are reporting the same thing. has anybody from other areas of the country noticed this or is it peculiar to my area ? D.S.J 🦀 [/QUOTE]

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