COD Fishing (average size 18-25lb)
Fishing for cod in the deep water around the island of UNST is normally done with a pirk of around 16-32oz weight with a single gummi makk eel like lure attached with a further 2 on droppers above of around 25cm length with a 12/0 hook enclosed within. Cod can also be caught using large "puffin" lures,sidewinder eels,many forms of bait and on the smaller tides, they like a speed-jig of no more than 12oz