noun
definition
A young small cod.
definition
A hake (cod-related food fish), notably from the genus Urophycis.
Examples of codling in a Sentence
In the winter months it will produce whiting and the odd codling.
This is a superb summer mark that will give up good numbers of red codling to fresh peeler crab baits.
In a single season Aberdeenshire suffered nearly 90,000 worth of damage owing to the ravages of the diamond back moth on the root crops; in New York state the codling moth caused a loss of $3,000,000 to apple-growers.
Haddock, whiting and codling are taken, and the famous "Loch Fyne herrings" command the highest price in the market.
Beaches - some will produce codling and whiting but mainly catches of coalfish and bass, usually on the small side.
Most recently, reports suggest good numbers of small codling.
Winter fishing is mainly for flounders, but in good years codling can show with bass all year round.
In winter codling can be caught at high water near the steps at dusk.
The orchard has many varieties of apple growing well, untroubled by the codling moth which is usually a major pest in this country.
A codling moth trap, for example, uses a pheromone placed on a sticky floor.
The autumn and winter months produce whiting and codling.
Among other notable Lepidopterous pests are the " surface larvae " or cutworms (Agrotis spp.), the caterpillars of various Noctuae; the codling moth (Carpocapsa pomonella), which causes the maggot in apples, has now become a universal pest, having spread from Europe to America and to most of the British Colonies.
Good for codling and whiting in winter, mullet roam in the summer with the chance of a bass after dark.