Norwegian record Rock cook: 116 g

About Rock cook

The rock cook (Centrolabrus exoletus) is a small wrasse, usually 10–15 cm and at most about 18 cm, with a small mouth and thick lips. It is reddish brown above, fading to yellowish and silvery white below, and males carry shiny blue streaks on the head and fins. A dark vertical band across the tail fin is a useful field mark, as young fish can otherwise be mistaken for ballan wrasse. It lives along European coasts from Portugal to Norway, where it is common in the west and occurs sparsely north to Vikna. It favours kelp, seaweed and seagrass near rocks, usually shallower than 25 m, and feeds on small crustaceans and other invertebrates. Spawning takes place in summer in nests built of seaweed. Rock cooks work as cleaner fish in salmon farms. Light-tackle anglers catch them on small hooks by the kelp. Norwegian Red List 2021: Least Concern (LC).

Sources: Artsdatabanken, Store norske leksikon, Wikipedia

• Habitat: Saltvann
• Best month: Juni

See the species guide

Biggest Rock cook in FishComp

74 g (64 % of the record) by Dag Rune Kvittem. See the catch

How to register a Norwegian record

1. Norwegian sport-fishing records are registered with Villmarksliv, not with FishComp. Read the rules before you do anything else with the fish.
2. Records are based on weight and approved by a jury. You give the weight and length, where it was caught, the gear you used and any witnesses.
3. Keep your photos and notes from the catch. Logging it in FishComp does not register a record.