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Fishing => Saltwater => Topic started by: Lighterknot on October 12, 2006, 08:19:16 PM

Title: Cobia
Post by: Lighterknot on October 12, 2006, 08:19:16 PM
Nice cobia my dad caught this summer...that is him on the left and one of his fishing/hunting buddies on the right...

(http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k109/Lighterknot/Fishing/DadsCobia.jpg)
Title: Re: Cobia
Post by: FinsnFur on October 12, 2006, 10:52:48 PM
Alright....I'm drawing the line right here  :argh:
You guys are doing wayyyyy 2 much fishing, while the rest of us have hung up our poles and dealing with snow.

Dang that thing is huge!
Looks like he's got er all in it trying to hold it there. C'mon!....take the picture!
Title: Re: Cobia
Post by: Lighterknot on October 12, 2006, 10:56:35 PM
yeah I have been pretty lucky, he gave up freshwater fishing and bought a 23 or 24 foot center console to go after grouper in the gulf...now that i am stationed 6 hours away I get to go along with him quite often...i will have to scan some of the grouper pictures he sent me a couple weeks ago.
Title: Re: Cobia
Post by: keekee on October 13, 2006, 12:05:02 AM
Very nice Cobia! And some GREAT eating as well!

Dang....I need to get down there were you guys are....24 ft boat! You all get many Kings down there?


Brent
Title: Re: Cobia
Post by: Lighterknot on October 13, 2006, 08:09:30 PM
king mackeral?  if seo, yeah we usually get at least one over 30" every time we go out.  Last time i went with him I caught a Mahi-Mahi trolling.  We hardly ever hear of people catching them in that part of the Gulf.
Title: Re: Cobia
Post by: slagmaker on October 13, 2006, 11:01:09 PM
Man thats a big fish. Dont catch them that big here in the hoosier state
Title: Re: Cobia
Post by: Lighterknot on October 15, 2006, 11:32:53 AM
lol,yeah it would take some kind of monster freshwater fish to match that one...maybe a muskie or northern
Title: Re: Cobia
Post by: slagmaker on October 15, 2006, 01:24:42 PM
Maybe an Aligator gar but even then it would probalbe be harvested by bow.

OOOOHHHH and that is fun bowfishing for gar off of sand bars down on the White river.
Title: Re: Cobia
Post by: keekee on October 17, 2006, 12:51:52 AM
Man, Kings and Cobia are my favorite fish to Ty into!

This has been a weird year on the coast!  I cough a Triple Tail down there this year off the rig. Thats very rare off a pier in SC! Also cough a porcupine buffer, that fish is almost never cough in SC its a Bahama coastal fish.

Brent
Title: Re: Cobia
Post by: Lighterknot on October 17, 2006, 04:07:48 PM
Yeah those Kings can burn through some line for sure.  Some of the bigger Bonita pull pretty good also.
Title: Re: Cobia
Post by: iraMD on October 20, 2006, 12:16:09 PM
Great Ling!  Has me getting excited for Nov.  Going to Apalachicola spear fishing.  Cant wait
Title: Re: Cobia
Post by: Lighterknot on October 20, 2006, 01:52:53 PM
This fish was caught about 100 miles due south from Apalachicola.  Never tried the spear fishing thing, but it sounds like a blast.