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Title: 2 cods of a different color
Post by: deadwoodbuck on June 03, 2014, 03:55:55 PM: got these two in almost the same location yet different colors on both...WHY?? both were caught within 1/2 hour of each other within 50 yards of each other...damn fine fish. but why the color difference??
Title: Re: 2 cods of a different color
Post by: wildmanoutdoors on June 03, 2014, 04:01:06 PM: Its all in there diet!
Title: Re: 2 cods of a different color
Post by: TONTO on June 03, 2014, 04:03:41 PM: Ever notice the worms in a green phaze ling or cab are green too?
Title: Re: 2 cods of a different color
Post by: sirmissalot on June 03, 2014, 04:05:03 PM: Quote from: wildmanoutdoors on June 03, 2014, 04:01:06 PM
Its all in there diet!
:yeah:

The blue ling has a taste for crab and other shellfish, while the other normal colored ling probably easy mostly just fish. Cabezon are the same way, but blue cabezon are more common in my opinion. Nice catch, I love blue lings. Did you happen to snap a picture of the blue ling flesh compared to the other normal lings flesh? Pretty cool stuff.
Title: Re: 2 cods of a different color
Post by: Button Nubbs on June 03, 2014, 04:42:19 PM: [Smg id=12375]

Green vs white.
Title: Re: 2 cods of a different color
Post by: Alchase on June 03, 2014, 06:06:47 PM: Has anyone ever noticed a taste difference between a Blue and a normal?
Title: Re: 2 cods of a different color
Post by: TONTO on June 03, 2014, 06:20:58 PM: Quote from: Alchase on June 03, 2014, 06:06:47 PM
Has anyone ever noticed a taste difference between a Blue and a normal?

I never have, they both cook up white.
Title: Re: 2 cods of a different color
Post by: Becky on June 03, 2014, 06:24:29 PM: I'm more interested in what the guy in the picture has been eating, his mouth has an interesting color difference :chuckle:
Title: Re: 2 cods of a different color
Post by: billythekidrock on June 03, 2014, 06:37:13 PM: Quote from: sirmissalot on June 03, 2014, 04:05:03 PM
Quote from: wildmanoutdoors on June 03, 2014, 04:01:06 PM
Its all in there diet!
:yeah:

The blue ling has a taste for crab and other shellfish, while the other normal colored ling probably easy mostly just fish. Cabezon are the same way, but blue cabezon are more common in my opinion. Nice catch, I love blue lings. Did you happen to snap a picture of the blue ling flesh compared to the other normal lings flesh? Pretty cool stuff.

:yeah:
Title: Re: 2 cods of a different color
Post by: billythekidrock on June 03, 2014, 06:37:46 PM: Quote from: TONTO on June 03, 2014, 06:20:58 PM
Quote from: Alchase on June 03, 2014, 06:06:47 PM
Has anyone ever noticed a taste difference between a Blue and a normal?

I never have, they both cook up white.

No difference.
Title: Re: 2 cods of a different color
Post by: RadSav on June 03, 2014, 07:03:26 PM: Quote from: Alchase on June 03, 2014, 06:06:47 PM
Has anyone ever noticed a taste difference between a Blue and a normal?

The green ones have a hint of mint flavor when you eat them raw!
Title: Re: 2 cods of a different color
Post by: pd on June 03, 2014, 07:14:34 PM: Quote from: Smossy's Girl on June 03, 2014, 06:24:29 PM
I'm more interested in what the guy in the picture has been eating, his mouth has an interesting color difference :chuckle:

Phase-change moustache. It commonly occurs after drinking too much Cherry Koolaid.
Title: Re: 2 cods of a different color
Post by: deadwoodbuck on June 04, 2014, 07:47:25 AM: had to change the face smossy girl...part of the witness protection plan. cool...it's all in the food they eat...I did notice I had a slight blue tinge to my tongue after I ate the blue one.
Title: Re: 2 cods of a different color
Post by: h2ofowlr on June 04, 2014, 08:03:02 AM: Definitely due to diet. We see the same time. The lings will look normal and the cabazon's will be blue many times. Usually due to the different stomach content. Don't know if that is the scientific reason, but that is our conclusion after catching many of them.
Title: Re: 2 cods of a different color
Post by: singleshot12 on June 04, 2014, 12:14:37 PM: no doubt the difference in meat color is due to diet, but the op pics are two differant skin colored cod. And I always thought lings were like camelions and changed "skin" color to their surroundings :dunno: