Cape Moreton Cobia Mayhem

[Reefmaster]

Since I had other arrangements I couldn’t head up DI Point for the weekend >:(and with the forecast for Saturday to be good I couldn’t help myself and go have a fish around and out from Cape Moreton. I headed out with FishFinger1977 (Scott) and his mate in his 4.8mtr savage. The pressure was on to get some big fish in the boat and I had a handful of marks that would hopefully not let the boys down. :-/ We headed out from Bribie and jigged up a heap of yakkas and headed for the first spot at the top of the cape, which I call (Codzilla spot) which I believe to be wreck in only 15 mtrs of water. :-X We both dropped down and hooked up instantly on solid fish. They turned out to be big Cobia and following them was over 20 of their mates, which were all big fish. The next 3 hours was just mayhem and every drop would result in a good cobia. After about 20 big Cobia I went to my trustee 8500 Penn spin gear with 8kg line and a ball with lighting runs and a real challenge to boat the fish. ::) This spot usually holds big cod but the yakkas were lucky to hit the bottom before being hammered by the cobes but I still managed a nice cod and quickly let him go to fight another day. After catching well over 20 big cobia and releasing all but 4 fish you would think they might go off the chew but they were still thick and I have no doubt that 100 could have been caught. We soon got sick of catching these brutes (not to often you hear yourself saying that) ;D and moved onto another spot in 22mtrs of water and soon as we stopped on the mark I looked over the side to see Cobia everywhere and they we just hanging around the boat waiting for a feed. :o We couldn’t help ourselves and caught a few more and we tried to hook up on a cobia that was just huge but with so many around you just couldn’t target one fish. I changed over to a big soft plastic and dropped to the bottom and started retrieving and all I could see was a fish chasing it a million miles an hour which inhaled my plastic and headed back for the bottom at the same speed. It turned out to be a big cod and we took a few pics and released back into water. My biggest fish on a plastic by far. ;D(Zeeke you would be proud) We left the cobes behind and the wind dropped right off so we headed for wreck in 180mtrs of water. The boys faces looked abit funny :o about fishing that depth but Scotty is keen to fish anywhere and we arrived at the spot with a fairly light current and a great show on the sounder. We dropped down yakkas and Scotty was first to hook up and after a lot of winding and puffing he pulled up alittle yellow tail king fish, which went back into the water. I pulled a nice squire and we had a few more drifts but it was bloody hard work after catching cobes all day and the wind was starting to swing around so we headed for home. A top day out and many thanks to Scott for the trip and also for giving me the hand held GPS to erase the marks. ;D :P

Cheers Greg

[Reefmaster]

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First cod

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more

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This big fella has given me a bad back ;D

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more

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the big fella caught on plastic

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open wide

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Little yellowtail king caught in 180 mtrs of water

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Cobes everywhere

[NeilD]

Unreal. Great day by the sounds of it. Did you manage any Cobes on the plastic?

Neil

[blue_rogue]

reefmaster, that sounds like one of the best days fishing ever. :) :)

top effort boys, the weather looks like it held off beautifully for you out wide.

[mackmauler]

Greg/Scott, great fishn guys! cobia like fleas, does it get any better ;D ;D

Nice cod and on a rubber, bet my left one zeekers gonna like that ;D good to see plenty went back to fight another day! great fish they are.
Rob

[philip_thomson]

well done there they are some brilliant fish. i am so jealous ;D

cheers phil

[Dr_Dan]

:o :o :o :o :o :o :o
Pretty much sums up my reaction!

[dfox]

couldnt help yourself could ya greg! nice cobia thou. good gold spot as well. catch ya...foxy

[cheno]

looks like the physio might be busy come Monday ;D

Well done, its amazing to see fishing action like that so close to home!!! Didn't think there would be that many big greasies left!

[Dylan_Rylatt]

always good fun when the fish are tht thick.
I CAN UNDERSTAND THE PSYSIO BIT

top report

Dylan

[snappa]

reefy

just when i forgot about your cod spot, you go and do this????
;D ;D

[Lucky_Phill]

Jeez they're a bugga to fillet, those Cobes. !

Onya Gregie and Scott.

Cheers Phill

[Hookem_Herby]

Fantastic fish boys and top report as usual Gregg.
Thoroughly enjoyed reading it! ;)
Cheers,
Herby

[Escapee]

One day i'll catch a cobia. How i dream of having a spot like that!! :-[

[Holy_Mackerel]

Well done Greg,
That post has got to be one of the most encouraging posts I have ever read! Just puts a big smile on my dial to hear about a big aggregation of big cobes like that. Well done for finding them like that and for letting most of them go.
Well done champion,
Wes

[opimax]

top stuff greg

[agnes_jack]

Awsome fellas
Not often ya get them in numbers like that!


Regards, Tony :D

[craigie]

Reefmaster, your a dead set "Fish Magnet" ;D
You'll have half of Ausfish out chaseing Cobes next weekend and I'll be one of them ;D ;D

Great stuff mate !

Cheers
Craigie

[FishFinger1977]

Top report greg and yet another top trip off Moreton. Thanks for coming mate and as usual you bought the fish along. Oh Dave sends his regards but that is another story in itself eh? By the way I never thought i'd hear anyone say it much less myself but I actually got sick of catching cobia. ;) See you at work Greg and don't forget that dvd. Cheers all.

[Cloud_9]

all those from a 4.8m boat??
and i couldnt go out saturday :-/ :-/
bloody heck.

Cheers Cloud 9

[FishFinger1977]

Cloud 9, mate it is not the size it is how you use it ;D Nah it was a good day for it well worth the effort of fighting a bloody big hangover. Actually since fishing with greg my boat has seen more ocean than I have read about. Not too sure about that beanie though, think i'll take a hat next time.

[adamleah]

And we thought we would have boasting rights over you this weekend Greg .... ::) ::)

Next time you got a family do in the evening you can come out in my rig and show me this secret wreck ;D

Good to see that esky I sold fishfinger has been getting filled on most of your trips.... ;D

[Reefmaster]

NeilD
My first drop with the plastic caught the cod and after that i was pretty worn out and we left the cobes and headed wide. It certainly was unreal watching 20 or more big cobia swimming around the boat and a pleasure to catch and release most fish. This weekend its hopefully Reds and Snapper at DI but if the weather doesnt look that flash it might be back out to Cobia Spots ready for some more back breaking fights. :D ::)
Cheers Greg

[eggbeater]

Great post Greg.We salute you.

[Daintreeboy]

Awesome Greg, well done mate. That'll be talked about for years to come that day ;)

[NeilD]

Without giving too much away were you around Smith's or back towards the Bay.

Neil

[Jono_SS]

That is the best post I have read ever on this site! Of the 1300 odd views this message has had, I would be responsible for about 20 - I can't help it, I just have to keep looking at it over and over.

I used to think Moreton Island was so far away, but now I have the new 4.55m "ornado" with 50 horses, it's well within reach. I still can't help but wonder if I'll ever catch fish like those though.

[sidewayz]

great catch boys, everyone dreams of a day like that on big fish. hopefully be able to get out and chase a few myself sometime soon.