A few cod and a new PB wolffish from my latest dives

About a month ago I moved up north and I've managed to get in the water a few times since then, trying to find good dive spots. It hasn't been too hard
About three weeks ago I dove a spot with heavy current and got a few nice cod.

Yesterday I tried a new location and after about an hour I spotted this wolffish and decided he'd be great for dinner. It turned out to be a nice size, around 9 kgs (20 lbs) with a massive head. My wife proclaimed she would prefer if I brought the next one home in fillets "so she could sleep at night"

The jaw muscles on the wolffish are enormous, it was about 450g of meat from this guy, and it will be put to good use in a Tom Yum thai soup this afternoon. I've never tried the cheek pieces from a wolffish before, but the halibut and cod pieces are the best on the entire fish, so I have high hopes for this as well.
For those of you who don't know, the wolffish is a sedate, bottom dwelling species which feed mostly on sea urchins. If you look closely you can see the remnants of a sea urchin inside the mouth of the fish in the pic below.

Thanks for the kind words guys.
The diving up here is great, and a big change from the murky (and mostly fishless) waters I'm used to from further south near Oslo.
Up here in Tromsø the water temp is around 7-8 C (45-46 F) at the moment. It usually goes up to 10-11 (50-52 F) some time in late August/early September. I don't mind the 3 finger mittens; they're much better than being cold. They're 6.5 mm and good down to 4-6 C for me. Anything above that and cold hands usually isn't limiting my diving. The same with the suit. A 7 mm is what I'm in now and it's the thinnest I'd recommend for use here any time of the year. I'm planning on getting a 8 or 9 mm for the spring diving.. What I find is that I get used to diving with rather thick socks, suit and gloves after a while. It's when I'm coming back from the south after diving in a 3-5 mm suit, thin gloves and socks and much less weight that I really feel the difference..

Forgot to mention that the wolffish cheeks and fillets were simply amazing. By far the best wolffish I've ever had and on my top 5 list of best tasting fish

The Ulusub only comes out on special occasions, when I target halibut specifically. I just put new line on the shafts for it and am hoping to take it out during the weekend

Say hi to her from me as well and good to know you're enjoying the Norwegian "water of life"

The wolffish can definitely do some serious damage. They're rumored to be vicious when attacked, but they're usually docile and friendly otherwise. This one managed to tear off the spear after the first shot (I hit it in the neck, above the spine). It didn't come after me at all, just settled back on the bottom and I managed to get a second shot in and stoned it. However, I've heard stories of them crushing arms or legs after divers have tried to knife them and failed, and I'm certainly glad I used my speargun.