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  1. 05-13-2007 11:01 PM #1
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    Target Species....Cobia

    My wife and I basically got skunked on Friday bottom fishing, it's bad when you can't catch a BSB big enough to eat. We tried several of our favorite places out of Bogue and it wasn't happening. Saturday we decided to go after cobia. We caught a few pogies after a bunch of throws with a 12ft net, they were SCATTERED. We went on to our spot anchoring up at the crack of 10:30 AM. We put out a spread of pogies and the blue fish and sharks made short work of them. We foul hooked a couple blues and redeployed them. Within a few minutes, we had a huge cobia right beside the boat, but he refused all offerings. He hung around maybe 10 minutes, making several appreances but would not eat. The next one we saw engulfed a bluefish I let him run about 50 yds and the went to set the hook and the line broke. 50# braid must have had a nick in it somewhere. We caught lots of sharks on the pogies so my wife started blue fishing and did very well, catching at least a dozen or so. About 2:00, one of the rods on the bottom started clicking and the fight was on. He went under anchor rope two times before we could clear lines and ditch the anchor. My wife did an excellent job driving the boat and after nearly 45 mins, gaffing the 66 lber. We saw 3 more after that, pulled the hooks on one but did not connect. The later it got, the more sharks showed up. We caught several small hammer heads, but no more cobia.

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  2. 05-13-2007 11:06 PM #2
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    Nice fish man. where are you fishing out of? We've been crushing the cobia here in SC.
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  3. 05-13-2007 11:16 PM #3
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  4. 05-14-2007 07:34 AM #4
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    Pretty work on your Cobia!!!
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  5. 05-14-2007 07:38 AM #5
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    Thats awesome man...pretty work!
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  6. 05-14-2007 07:45 AM #6
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    Good work MAN ! Thanks for the report
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  7. 05-14-2007 07:59 AM #7
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    Great report and very nice fish. Nice to see that the Cobia are showing up.
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  8. 05-14-2007 08:04 AM #8
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    Nice report!
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  10. 05-14-2007 09:31 AM #10
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    Pretty work Mr and Mrs Weekender! That sure is a very nice cobia. Whether fishing or hunting, you two make a great team!
    Thanks for the report and picture.
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