Never been big game fiishing, do a lot of mid-Channel wreck fishing here with mates on their boats...
I disagree about cod, though never caught one over 20lb meself, maybe "big cod" like you say ceres are more lumpen, but all the cod I've caught have bucked and kicked and massive headshakes and bolts and darts, amazing fish to catch, better imo as a "sport" fish than pollack, which do one mad dive, then another one halfway up, then just let you reel them in.
A tail hooked 7lb bass is fun.
That wrasse above farmaz posted, they are nice little fish, good fun to go fishing for with kids, no need to cast, just drop a bait (ragworm, peeler, prawn),maybe a float too into deep water and hold tight. Shit to eat, some of our local fishmongers sell them, they've told me they mainly sell them to the Chinese or Polish communities.
Nice jellies ceres...I alternate between jellies, sidewinders, and livebaits (mackerel for cod and bass from the boat, sandeel for bass from shore)
My favourite, but expensive, lure at the moment for boat is the rhubarb and custard sidewinder
My mates on the boat use a lot of pirks over the wrecks, big pirks would be your thing in Norway farmaz....
They come in all sorts of finishes, we use mirrored, or lumi ones for deep wrecks.
I don';t like using them as the wrecks we fish are very snaggy, and we lose a lot, shitloads in fact, my mate makes them so he doesn't mind, but it does my head in keep having to rig up again while we're on a drift.