Early morning Cobe

[Benny1]

Hey, went out yesterday morning for an early session with 2 mates. Plan was bottom fishing then whiting/squid and flatties on plastics before home. Anyway left Scarby about 4 and headed out, second drift and fifth cast for the day and a nice cobe. Ended up with a sore arm after 42 minutes. Thanks to all those who offer info as I'm one of those poor suckers who gets stuck at work all the time.

[smokindrag]

nice one! northern bay?

DAn..

[flatzie]

Yes a good morning for BIG fish I found!
Flatzie

[thelump]

Thats a stonker mate. What did it weigh?

[jm82]

Nice cobia , conditions look terrible too ,

Cheer
Josh

[Horse]

Thats a great fish. Nice and solid. I hope you got a weight on him

[jm82]

Must be close to the 30kg bracket ,
Just my estimate tho.....


Cheers
Josh

[Axl]

Well done thats a cracker of a fish Benny1.

[Si]

Very nice fish mate. well done.

[jason p]

nice cobe mate, what length was it

jp

[fishfeeder]

Mate, Top fish, I am envious as one of them is very high on my want to catch list...
I guess the BBQ is at your place

Cheers and Beers
Brett

[Benny1]

Thats a stonker mate. What did it weigh?
Not sure mate, no big scales but it went 1.67m in length.

[Benny1]

The brand new little 4000 Diawa must have a pretty good drag as it was a constant give and take battle, spooled with 30lb fins it had a lot of fluff coming off getting on the bail roller and the first eyelet. Not sure if this is common but I have not seen it before landing 1m plus Barra on new line. Think I might get a gimble belt today, will use that sore spot as a shopping reminder. Thanks

[malby]

Awesome Cobe! I have yet to rack a Cobe up. Any tips for a Cobe virgin? Livies or plastics? Jig head size, plastic etc or live bait rig info be good. Amazing to get a fish like that on a 4000 reel! How long was the fight and what type of rod handled the job?

[nipsta]

Wow that is the biggest cobia i have ever seen well done . no wonder ya arms hurt i say ya back too

[Benny1]

Malby, plastics were the go. Squidgey fish head jig 28gm #6/0. I'm only a learner, normally attach braid straight to mono, some say not good, but i have used it a lot but this time I used a swivel with a spider loop through the swivel eye with an overhand loop with hitch, sounds dodgey I know, a bit out of the fishing book and a bit from youtube. 30lb Fins braid with 50lb Rovex mono, same knot with perfection loop onto jighead (before attaching jighead was going to use bait). Used a wooden file handle with a tappered grove in it (from a pipe cutter) to wrap around the line to tension and test the knots. Like i said the set up looked sus, but it did the job ok. the fight lasted 42 minutes and we were dragged about 750m, new rod and reel so was not sure how much to load up, the set up could have lasted all day I think.

[jm82]

Thats A Pretty Good Effort On 30lb Spin Gear mate,
i normally chase them on 40lb and 55lb Overheads and i have Lost more than i can count, I picked up 41kg fish 2yrs Back and we Backed up hard on it for 1hr 15mins on 40lb , But Chasing them on 55lb Overheads Ect We have been knocking them over in 15-20mins, But it does mean occasionally you Gaff a Pretty Green Fish to put in the Boat,

Good Stuff On the Capture tho...

Cheers

Josh

[DRAGMAN]

Awesome cobe dude.