A big cod catching tip - use a mackerel fillet

One of the best ways to catch a big cod from a boat is to use whole makerel fillet as bait when wreck fishing. Fish well into double figures have been taken using this tip whilst charter fishing on trips from whitby. You may not catch lots of fish, and the other anglers on the boat will certainly get the smaller fish before you, but if its a big one your after this method will give you the very best chance.

This double figure cod was caught on paul kilpatricks boat sea otter 2 using this very method