The biggest cod population in the world - A Camp Halibut Fishing film -Torskfiske på Sørøya ENG SUBS 

In Norway Catch and release is illegal for a hobby .

Thank you mate!

Yes its a little different. We prefer vigger bait than that when we are baitfishing. But all fishing has its charm 👌 Thank you mate, we try to care for them as much as we can of course

Thank you mate!

Tackar!

how ? by sticking a gloved hand into its gills ?

ur a idiot bro those are rubber gloves and they're not sticking there hand in their gills. They're holding the gill plate which is like the safest spot to hold a fish with teeth or the power to crush ur hand or fish with teeth so before commenting know what ur talking about. Holding a fish like that does not hurt them an actually picking big fish by their mouths can break there jaws. @@keithneilson8432

Matthew is completely right, holding the gill plate is harmless and the safest way to handle most fish. There are plenty of research to support this 👌

They looked after nothing. All of those fish they threw back will die within hours. You cannot be drawn up from 50 plus fathoms of water that quickly and survive. Not creature can.

@@afishingmagician evidence ? or your opinion?

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Of course mate! Thank you for your watching!

Thank you mate! 🙌

It is the only way 👍

Stort tack! Vi håller tummarna :)

Tackar! Kul att det uppskattas!

Thank you mate!!

Thanks mate we do our best! Cheers

Thank you mate 🙌

Ja äntligen!

Yes! Thank you! We have another one coming 👍

Just like Alaska

@@duckwacker8720 Not really mate, Alaska has less than 20% of these amount of fish and these Barents sea cod grow way, way bigger. But the population of Pacific halibut is great over there!

Good to hear!

Stort tack!

Tack mannen!

Thank you our friend :)

Thank you mate!

Yes, responsible fishing is the only way 👌

Fishing for sport, isnt conservation, or responsible fishing. Responsible fishing is when you catch what you need, and leave the rest alone.

Tack mannen!

Tackar! Kul att det uppskattas!

Haha you are welcome to visit us my friend 😉

Thank you for your words! We are very glad that you like our content! We sometimes find worms in the flesh. It is natural and they don't affect healthy individuals. They usually occur more frequently in species and individuals that stay close to the bottom. Tusk, Ling and Cod that choose a crab based diet are more likely to have those worms. This kind of parasites aren't dangerous for us though. They cant live in our bodies. But it it might not feel fresh to eat them anyway. You can usually see them if you hold up the filét against a light source. Just cut that part of the meat away and eat the rest.

Welcome mate! Slowly closing in on 1000!

Thanks!

Thank tou mate! 🙌

Yes mate dream fishing indeed

It depends a lot on the depth your fishing. Most of the big fish we get strike quite shallow and that makes it easier. But you still have to ease them up meter by meter and stop around ten meters down to let them adapt. Then take it really slow the last bit. You can see how we do it in the film. Sometimes the bladder blow up anyways unfortunatily. /Daniel Camp Halibut

Hello mate! Very rarely to be honest. We usually fish them at that depth but they rise a long way to take the bait. They usually stay more than 30m down.

Yes they are quite impressive 👍

Luckily our waters are very well taken care of and the population is far from overfished. We catch several hundred every day per person and the average weight is higher than trophy size in the rest of the world. It is completely unique and the future is very bright for these fish.

@@camphalibut7894 you catch several hundred everyday on a rod and reel?

@@Lasse-zj6ps yes, if you look the fish are just under the surface and its a massive layer somtimes all the way down to 50 meters.Millions of cod...

Yes mate. And the average weight is 10kg, 22lbs+. I know it is hard to believe but it is accually the case. I dont think there is any comparable fishing in the world where you get these amounts of fish this size..

Comin up 👌

Well yes a whole lot

Accoually both! Everyrhing about this time and place is exceptional. They are about to spawn and eat more capelin than they can keep down..

@@camphalibut7894 haha nice, thanks for the response!

Yes thats our neigbors :)

Vi siktar på det :)

Everybody is welcome to Norway my friend 👍

@@camphalibut7894 send me some details Cheers

Well, bait is great in the summer. We get a lot better average weight with 2-4lb pollock, coalfish and even cod. Skreiseason (march-april) is however very different. I imagine bait would be alot better but there is just way to much fish. First of all, they clean the fjord from baitfish completely when they arrive so catching bait is close to impossible until mid may. Second of all, we catch around 100 15-45lbs cod per person a day. Dealing with baitfish in that kind of tempo is just not managable. Even if we could find a way to not run out of bait, rigging and everything would take too much time to be efficient. To get the big ones you need to go through a lot of ~30lbs fish..

@@camphalibut7894 thanks guys for the reply. Very interesting information. We in England cannot get out to sea yet due to covid restrictions but your videos keep us sane & we look forward to getting out ourselves. Love the way your country looks after your fish stocks the same cannot be said about our country!!!!!! Anyway lads tight lines & I hope you catch some 50 pounders keep the videos coming 👍👍👍all the very best from England.

Det räknar vi med!

In this film we was using Accurate BX. But its not what we would recommend. We are gonna try out the Maxel transformer this upcoming skrei season. But to be honest there is nothing on the market that feels perfect. Subscribe and you will know when we find out what works best. But to be honest most jigging reels do the job. Halibut fishing is much more demanding.

Go to our uploads and see the latest film we posted 👍

This fishing is from beginning of march to end of april. They are the biggest mid march to around april 10 but the fishing and weather is much more pleasant in april. It is still easy to catch a 25kg cod and we have several 30kg+ fish after spawning every year.

@@camphalibut7894 Thanks for fast replay and information and when is the best time for big Halibut fishing ???

@@hamekas100 Later in the season. May is an exceptional month for really big fish. June, July and August is really good fishing and stable weather. September and October is probably the best months overall. Loads of fish in the shallows and great average weight. Summer is most suitable for the first trip and then May or Sept/Oct for the second trip depending on your target.

@@camphalibut7894 Thank you lads, thats helps to make some planing !!!

Ja vi hade några riktigt bra dagar där ett tag!

Americans are of course very welcome and you can bring home 20kg, 44lbs of fresh filét per person.. It is not too expensive if you are four people. Around 1400 USD per person for a week with a guide including everything but food and flights. And unfortunatily no booze included either haha. And only sportfishing with rod and reel. Send us an email if you are interested!

@@camphalibut7894 I would do catch and release only just trophy hunting ! Do you get wolf fish ?

So for $1400 per person it is place to stay and the guide ? So food and tip and flights more. How close is the closest airport ?

Its a shutterstock stocktune. Not sure about the name..

The biggest one, 730g. I think its like 5/0 or 6/0. Its the one that comes in the new packages. But only one hook in the middle so we hook fewer small ones 👍

@@camphalibut7894 what color is that looks yellow is it the cod

We release all the big ones!

@@camphalibut7894 ok, cool ! thanks for your reply. Does that mean you take the smaller ones home for eating ? (I would !)

Well not all of them, but as many as we can!

Yes humanity kinda sucks.. But you are welcome to norway my friend 👍

We mainly use glow gadus and red gadus but all colors are great in different light and mood of the fish 👍

Sørøya, north Norway :)

You got it mate!

Cheek meet is superb 👌

@@camphalibut7894 buddy. I believe you. We keep every cheek in the 315 ny . Nothin better

Haha we take enough fish to fill our stomachs. The big ones can keep producing offspring 👍

Yes it is very tragic!

Well you tell us :)

Nothing apparently...lol

Haha yes its quite a struggle!

We wont 🤫

We dont eat much but fish here. But we catch over several hundred kg per person per day this season so it would be insane to kill them all. we release all the big ones so they can reproduce!

That is very impressive!

Thanks

Yep I am

True!

The U.S. state Alaska has very strict regulations to protect fisheries for the future. The commercial halibut season only lasts for 3 days per year. This gives recreational halibut fishing very good all year long in Alaska

The hand does not go through the gills. It grabs the lid and there is excessive research supporting its safety. Thank you!

@@camphalibut7894 pleased to hear that. Thanks. We would rather gaff big fish through the mouth, than stck our fingers anywhere near their gills in New Zealand

@@camphalibut7894 You touched the gills many times with your fucking gloves. So stop lying.

@@maxllf Yes a lot of times but we dont grab them by the gills! There are plenty of research showing that grabbing the gill plate is no problem. It is in fact the most common way to handle most fish around the world so this discussion is ridiculous. The only thing that is really not good is if the gills are broken and there is severe blood loss. That gets the mortality rate up to around 25%, at least according to the studies I have seen on pike. But even in that case, which has not happened to us once fishing for cod, most fish will survive. I don't know what you think but the gills are definitely not as sensitive as you seem to believe..

@@camphalibut7894 what big bob is that what size hook on stinger

No it is not.

We are not throwing fish back if the bladder is distended. And by the way, there are a lot of lab testing that shows fish can survive distended bladder by poking a tiny whole to let the air out. I havent read up on that enough to say anything for sure since these pre spawning cod wouldnt survive no matter what. It doesnt apply to us. We just keep the ones that wont survive for food and release the ones that will make it. Luckily we rarely catch the big fish very deep. /Daniel Camp Halibut

The air bladder is easily deflated by poking the fish in the side with a thin knife or hypodermic steel, where the pectoral fin tip touches the fish. It's done every day with snapper and grouper. Been there, done that.

That is super interesting to hear Amy! I knew you guys did it on the other side of the atlantic but I didnt know it was common practice. We should really do studies to see if it could be done on atlantic cod!

We do a LOT for the population of cod and otäthets. What do you do?

I guess you should watch a vegetable growing show!

Yes they do but we catch most of the big ones pretty shallow. If you think this handling is rough and that the survival rate is zero, you dont know much at all my friend and you might consider reading up a little before commenting. I could make this comment way longer but Ill leave it up to you to do your own research. I have a feeling that you are not very interested anyway.

@@camphalibut7894 But I think, he's right. The grip in fish gills can't be healthy too. I'm fisherman since many years and I don't understand how naive you can be to believe on a healthy release of these wonderful fishes...

@@maxllf I answered you in the other comment. Gill plate grip is a very common practice on many species all over the world. There are a lot of C&R research supporting its safety. These cod are caught in a depth that can easily distend their bladder if you fight them wrong. But as you can see, we are very careful and lift them slowly. Just for comparison, in the US some fish like snapper and grouper are even punctured with a sharp object to let air out of the bladder when it is distended. That is to me quite controversial but the fish is shown to survive even that just fine. The survival rate from our handling is definitely no problem at all.

@Gus Erland Haha well if we didnt take any of these fantastic fish home for the kitchen, your would be right to worry. We have the luxury to be able to select the right specimens for the kitchen and release specimens we think serves a better purpose in the sea. The big specimen is highly important for reproduction and we want to handle them with care to assure future generations. We take what we need, nothing else, and we prefer fish around 10kg for the kitchen.

That is to get them down as far as we can. Makes it much easier for them to regulate their bladder and make the survival rate go up. Always throw the fish back even if it feel a little awkward. They are not mammals and dont release any extra stress hormones from that treatment 👍

Its sad to see but its thesame all over the world! Glad Norway has sush a great regulation system and such a rich sea!

Not every fisherman keeps all the fish they catch mate.

@@FISH-OHOLIC in Scotland around the Clyde where I stay it criminals in boats they have fish everything out it’s disgusting there’s no spout fish left they’ve fished them out with every other thing there greedy with no clue

I live in Scotland mate not too far from the River Clyde and I own a boat but I hardly ever take a fish home or kill a fish. The only fish I would take home for eating would be a mackerel but even at that it's very seldom that I would take one home. But I do get how frustrating it is when you see people taking everything they catch home with them no matter the size.

@@FISH-OHOLIC ye that’s the problem I see boat here three times a year here same spot about 300 yards off shore it comes from tarbot it’s disgusting watching them they have no shame not until somone does somthing it will keep on going a mean they moan cause there’s nothing there it’s a joke

You must experience Norway my friend!

When all is back to normal I’ll be comeing.

We catch almost all fish shallower than 30m deep and that is definatily not a problem.

@@camphalibut7894 Your handling was. Those fish were bloated once they got up. I grew up catching these, off NFLD and your catch and release method needs much improvement in my humble opinion. Catch one big one, measure it, then keep it. Then release the rest at water-line using your tape measure only. You should then be able to estimate weight based on the one you kept. Not that that is all that important anyway.

Nope thats not the best method. Most fish should be thrown in the water head first. That gets them going down. The first meter is the most critical when they have a slightly distended bladeer like these fish. They take no damage from being out of water at all. And even if we dont show it in the film we are pouring buckets of water over them every 30 sek max. Some big ones probably wont make it. You can feel which ones that are critical when you hold them. The ones that are strong and full of life, most of them, will definatily make it. If you think otherwise I cant change your mind. And I guess your opinion is important. It keep us thinking through what we are doing and that give us a chance too improve further 👍