Is it true that cod is the 'Hoover's of the the sea and eats any old rubbish at bottom of sea, whereas haddock eats further up the depth of the sea and eats better quality food....must admit i always go for haddock because of this fact or is it a myth?
Not really. Cod do tend to hug the bottom, when I fish the wrecks with shads if you want Cod you risk losing more gear as you tend to keep it within a few turns of the wreck and hop it along. Pollock usually sit higher up above the wreck. Cod will come up in the water column to eat Sprats and in the gin clear waters of Norway you can often see them mid water and almost pick the one you want to catch. All the Haddock I’ve caught both here and in Norway have been on the bottom. They are both from the same family and have a slight under slung mouth. The Icelandic’s refer to Haddock as the trash fish to eat, they do absolutely stink more than anything else when you gut and fillet them though, they reek!