hey went off evans head today and did alright... got 3 trag a snapper few flat head and landed a nice cobia one of my best. we didn't have scales but it went about 106cm just wondering if neone could give me any idea of how heavy the fish my be???
hey went off evans head today and did alright... got 3 trag a snapper few flat head and landed a nice cobia one of my best. we didn't have scales but it went about 106cm just wondering if neone could give me any idea of how heavy the fish my be???
10 - 12 kg maybe, dunno I don't catch them much under 30kg, well it was my PB and the only one I did catch, well done!! great eating fish at any size
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Hey mate, I reckon about 10-12lb.
Good chewing at any size in my opinion
Craig
9kg...I'd say !!
I think its 8-9kg roughly, it doesnt look the 10kg mark yet.
Jack.
They seem to be the same shape as a thready, dad caught a 101cm one and it was just on 9kg's. So id probably put that at between 9 and 10kg.
cheers.
Maybe 5-6kg little over that? I caught one that was 24kg and it was about 130cm long nice fish all the same.
Dan...
Last edited by Dan5; 29-03-2008 at 10:48 PM.
I've weighed a lot of cobia during light line touraments and your fish looks to me to be around 5kgs. This is probably the best eating size. Larger fish tend to be a bit average.
You need a length to weight conversion table - this one is for flathead. Haven't seen one for cobia, but one for fish like yellowtail kings with similar proportions should be pretty close. I'll keep looking when I get the chance
Cheers Freeeedom
Length to weight conversion – Dusky Flathead
DUSKY FLATHEAD
Length Total Weight Length Total Weight
(cm) (kg) (cm) (kg)
36 0.3 58 1.3
37 0.3 60 1.5
38 0.3 62 1.7
39 0.4 64 1.8
40 0.4 66 2.0
41 0.4 68 2.2
42 0.5 70 2.5
43 0.5 72 2.7
44 0.6 74 2.9
45 0.6 76 3.2
46 0.6 78 3.5
47 0.7 80 3.8
48 0.7 85 4.6
49 0.8 90 5.5
50 0.8 95 6.6
52 0.9 100 7.8
54 1.1 105 9.1
56 1.2 110 10.6
Last edited by Freeeedom; 30-03-2008 at 05:33 AM.
If you go to this link
http://fishbull.noaa.gov/05franks.pdf
there is a graph showing weight to length ratios for cobia from the Gulf of Mexico. It suggests that a 106cm fish would be between about eight to twelve kilos, but your fish doesn't look quite that big. They may have fatter fish in America (not surprising). My guess would be about 6 or 7 kilos
Cheers Freeeedom
Iwould have to say 5-6kg, dosnt look overly fat which is were cobia get most of
there weight, not to say they dont get long bet they are a bulky fish,
Good feed anyway,
cheers,
jamie
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cheers this is giving me alot to think about i caught one a few years back as well it only went about 65cm i think and it weight bout 3.5 kg. i was thinking bout 8 or 9kg
Yeah, I'd guess 7.5kg.
Personally I prefer the smaller sizes to eat, yours is just about perfect!
Cheers.
id be saying about 5kg pretty long slender fish that one
Hey,
I reckon i got his twin brother a month or so ago, was surprised it only weighed
6kg, looked heavier in the ice box. Somewhere between 5.5-7.0kg.
Matt
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