My friends and I took over Shelter Lodge, an isolated island only reachable by boat near Juneau, Alaska. Friends of mine have owned Shelter Lodge for 39 years, handed down through generations. Our main target was to search for the infamous black cod, one of the most expensive and prized commercial fish in the world. Heavy in omega 3 and 6 oils, which make the snow white meat incredibly rich, leaving a melt in your mouth taste and velvety texture that can take on almost any seasoning or cooking type. Japanese buyers grade black cod by depth with the deeper caught fish having higher oil content, making for a higher and more pricey sashimi grade. Despite their name, they do not belong to the cod family. This fish is by far my best eating fish, period!
Black cod, also known as sablefish or butterfish, live on muddy bottoms and have no air bladder so if they break off, they can swim straight back down to the depths. They can live past 90 years and scientists determine their age by counting rings on their otoliths (ear bones). Adult black cod average 28 inches in length and 8 pounds but fish up to 45 inches and 55 pounds have been landed in Alaska.
Black cod live in depths of 1,500 to 2,000 ft and were only caught by commercial fisherman until recently. The Lodge figured out how to catch the cod in the dark deep depths with hook and lines on electric reels! At that time there was no limit but soon after the commercial fisherman saw what they had learned and got the limit codified. Now the limit is eight fish per year for non-residents and only four a day. Black cod can be tricky to catch as you’ll see in the video as they twist the lines all the way for 2,000 feet and can snap off during the gaff. And they're not that common as it took us three days to get our limits.
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