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Landed my first cobia today. 42 inches. Quite a story that involved me dropping my net, my gaff, and then almost my rod in the water trying to fight and land this fish.

I decided to go out by myself early this am. 7 am meeting . . . check. Did that via phone somewhere around Port Leon in the boat. (It was a physician wellness committee meeting anyway-I’m thinking this IS the key to “wellness”). Then headed out to some near-shore reefs. Used the Sabiki to pick up some bait, then only had one bite all morning, but it was a good one!

I wish I had a GoPro that could have captured me running around the boat, knocking stuff overboard, then landing this fish with no net & no gaff!

That was an expensive fish, but dang it was fun!!


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Congrats. That's a nice one and came with a fish tale you'll never forget.

nice cobia! So how did you get it in the boat with no net and no gaff?

Hand in mouth/ gills?

Good job! Since this is your first I have a little advise on cleaning them. First wash off as much of the fish slim as you can before putting it on the cleaning table. Then treat it like a flounder where you fillet it into four pieces instead of two. It will make it a little easier to manage. Again, congrats on your first Cobia! Well done.

Woop!

Nice catch

4reels wrote:I wish I had a GoPro that could have captured me running around the boat, knocking stuff overboard, then landing this fish with no net & no gaff!

Nice fish, still waiting on my first cobia.

Your above quote reminded me of a previous post about a green cobia. Read the post below for one of the funniest stories posted here.

http://www.bigbendfishing.net/phpBB3/vi ... 4174&hilit

leonreno wrote:

4reels wrote:I wish I had a GoPro that could have captured me running around the boat, knocking stuff overboard, then landing this fish with no net & no gaff!

Nice fish, still waiting on my first cobia.

Your above quote reminded me of a previous post about a green cobia. Read the post below for one of the funniest stories posted here.

http://www.bigbendfishing.net/phpBB3/vi ... 4174&hilit

That’s an awesome story! Thanks for sharing.



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That old post is soooo good. I can't read it without laughing out loud.

Srbenda wrote:nice cobia! So how did you get it in the boat with no net and no gaff?

Hand in mouth/ gills?

Well . . . . I scratched my head and looked around for any close by boats that might be willing to help. Seeing none, I put one hand in the gills and grabbed the tail with the other - then jerked him up into the boat. Thank goodness he was good and worn out at that point!!

4reels wrote:

Srbenda wrote:nice cobia! So how did you get it in the boat with no net and no gaff?

Hand in mouth/ gills?

Well . . . . I scratched my head and looked around for any close by boats that might be willing to help. Seeing none, I put one hand in the gills and grabbed the tail with the other - then jerked him up into the boat. Thank goodness he was good and worn out at that point!!

BEAST MODE!!!!!!!!

Easy shoulder dislocation there

Heck of a first cobe, man - major congrats there.

4reels wrote:


Landed my first cobia today. 42 inches. Quite a story that involved me dropping my net, my gaff, and then almost my rod in the water trying to fight and land this fish.

I decided to go out by myself early this am. 7 am meeting . . . check. Did that via phone somewhere around Port Leon in the boat. (It was a physician wellness committee meeting anyway-I’m thinking this IS the key to “wellness”). Then headed out to some near-shore reefs. Used the Sabiki to pick up some bait, then only had one bite all morning, but it was a good one!

I wish I had a GoPro that could have captured me running around the boat, knocking stuff overboard, then landing this fish with no net & no gaff!

That was an expensive fish, but dang it was fun!!


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I'm glad to know Im not the only one that does conference calls by boat , being as I have never caught a cobia I'd be happy with the bill. I'd agree that fish is definitely the key to wellness. Reminds me of one of the best trips I ever took while in grad school, I had 3 days off to write and edit my dissertation and I did it on the way to st marks with the computer in my buddys work truck.

Congrats, reminds me of the time I had two cobes hooked and no rod holder and all alone. (lost one and landed one)

Nice work

good deal!