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Offline scottly0

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Different names for cusk
« on: Sep 27, 2005, 07:10 PM »
How many different terms have you heard for cusk.
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Offline icefishmaine

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Re: Different names for cusk
« Reply #1 on: Sep 27, 2005, 07:25 PM »
 Burbot, Ling, Lawyer, freshwater cod.....
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Re: Different names for cusk
« Reply #2 on: Sep 27, 2005, 10:46 PM »
eelpout
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Re: Different names for cusk
« Reply #3 on: Sep 28, 2005, 08:09 AM »
CHOWDA
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Offline scottly0

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Re: Different names for cusk
« Reply #4 on: Sep 28, 2005, 05:49 PM »
Why are the called "ling"?  Dare I ask why do they call this fish "lawyer."  I can only imagine.
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Re: Different names for cusk
« Reply #5 on: Sep 28, 2005, 06:46 PM »
Theres a salt water fish called the Lingcod which resembles it.
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Re: Different names for cusk
« Reply #6 on: Sep 29, 2005, 04:53 AM »
A Turd with fins. ;)
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Re: Different names for cusk
« Reply #7 on: Oct 02, 2005, 10:45 AM »
poop fish
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Offline buzzbomb

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Re: Different names for cusk
« Reply #8 on: Oct 02, 2005, 11:34 AM »
Dogfish, maria.... on the prairies they're most commonly called dogfish.  I've heard that the burbot is actually a member of the green ling family.  The ling cod in the Pacific are similar, but have big teeth and spikey dorsal that burbot lack.
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Offline jacksmelt71

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Re: Different names for cusk
« Reply #9 on: Oct 10, 2005, 04:59 PM »
they are ugly but shure taste GOOOD!! keeps the kids happy too. my son got a 7.5lber 2 years ago on a alder branch we set up like a trap. the head barely fit through the 8in. hole! didnt help that the flashlight holder was drunk and didnt keep the light still! lol! the boy still talks about that fish.
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Re: Different names for cusk
« Reply #10 on: Oct 16, 2005, 01:58 PM »
ling or lingcod.
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Re: Different names for cusk
« Reply #11 on: Oct 17, 2005, 04:30 PM »
there is a french name for it but im not sure how its spelled. it goes something like couranggy. burbot in french is catfish.
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Offline Scott Wright

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Re: Different names for cusk
« Reply #12 on: Oct 17, 2005, 08:22 PM »
Quote from: scottly0 on Sep 28, 2005, 05:49 PM
Why are the called "ling"?  Dare I ask why do they call this fish "lawyer."  I can only imagine.

I'm not sure about the "ling" name... but I know that they're called "lawyer" because they're ugly, slimy bottom feeders, feeding on the death and decay of others...
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Re: Different names for cusk
« Reply #13 on: Oct 18, 2005, 02:39 PM »
I'm w/F.N. 

Chowda fish. ;D
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