Cobia 101

[Grinner_Frenzy]

Took Rob7 out for a spin on the bay, to a productive patch of water north of peel Is on Saturday morning for a quick lesson in the fine art of catching cobes.

Being the considerate host that I am, Rob7 got the first drop of the morning - so he pinned up a monster grinner and dropped it down.

Now Rob7's a bit of a guru at finding big cobes so expectations were high.

Sure enought, 5 minutes later that grinner ;Dgot nervous and he's hanging on to a locked up TLD25 and losing line!! :o .

30 minutes of serious pump and wind saw a nice little cobe in the boat.

This beastie tipped the scales at a neat 30kg (bled).

Barely got another bite all day but the weather was tops and we had a pretty good morning on the water.

[sandbankmagnet]

that's a solid cobe. bet there weren't too many breaks in that 30 minutes either.

[loophole]

nice cobia that is a solid fish haha i would love to catch just one

[Horse]

Thats a good fish for the Bay. I'm heading out in the morning to have a look for one

Cheers

Neil

[JJT]

yea juz wonderin myself how far north exactly lol

[tracing em]

great effort i would love to be locked on to one of those!

[rob7]

Thanks for a great trip GF! It's not often you get perfect weather, great company, and a black king before 630. The spot was not too far from Peel either;D ...
The fish always looks small when I hold it so here's a better shot of the skipper with it. There was some fantastic boat work early on in the fight getting the fish away from the structure and GF did a fantastic gaff shot through the eye. The big ones are always a team effort.

Next year we need to crack 50kg!!

Rob

[needmoretime]

Mate,

that is a great fish - how are the forearms

Cheers
NMT

[plaztix]

Thats an awesome cobe for the bay. Nice work guys.

[xerubus]

bloody norah!! very nicely done.

[FNQCairns]

Gee great fish!

[mickstar001]

Thats a beast, well done!!!!!!

Mickstar