LIVER FLUKE IN COD

[the pelt man]

While on my fishing trip up in Suffolk a couple of weeks ago, when gutting the Cod that i caught i noticed that the livers looked the same as those in some of the Rabbits that i get, riddled with Fluke.

 

Have any of you seen this before & have you still eaten the fish which i did, thinking about it know maybe not a wise move as the flesh is not cooked for very long.

 

What do you think

 

PELTMAN

[tiercel]

If you look at a fillet of Cod behind a bright light usually over 5lb whole fish, you can usually see worms in the fillet. They look like miniture coils of rope. All I do is scoop the worms out then the fish is totally edible.

[Lord Geordie]

While on my fishing trip up in Suffolk a couple of weeks ago, when gutting the Cod that i caught i noticed that the livers looked the same as those in some of the Rabbits that i get, riddled with Fluke.

 

Have any of you seen this before & have you still eaten the fish which i did, thinking about it know maybe not a wise move as the flesh is not cooked for very long.

 

What do you think

 

PELTMAN

 

I know they carry worms which cover the intestines and get into the flesh but FREEZING them before cooking destroys the worm and there will be no ill effect to you.

 

The worms will not live in the Human body anyway as the stomach acid we produce kills them off.

 

if its the worms then freeze the fish before cooking and it should be fine

 

 

LG

[Country_est]

Peltman,

 

Were these fish caught in close in shallow water, had this before and the skipper said theywere Ok, just called them red or rock cod. One we used to catch were in 15 - 20 ft of water close in on the rocks. Only got to fish for them if it was too ruf to go out on to the wrecks.

 

Seemed Ok to eat and I am still here .....

 

trev

[Hairy Pat]

They will not harm you, we catch pouting on some of the wrecks and the worms come out from behind their eyes, but I think I would rather eat the worms than the pouting.

 

Pat

[kipper]

[hawkeye]