Big Cobe
Submitted by scotto on Sat, 2019-09-14 07:42
A few photos of a big cobia I shot off shark bay this week.
We were diving a nice 8m bombie in about 15m surrounded by sand. A mate said he’d seen a big manta earlier, and when I saw this off in the distance, I originally thought it was another shark! Once I realised it was a cobe, I took a few deep breaths and hid behind a fan coral for a few dives, until I ambushed him on one of his ledge patrols. I nailed a good holding shot, and he stripped a good 50m of line off my reel before I started to gain control! Unbelievable power these cobia.
Went 27kgs, and definately my pb.
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Big boy
Big boy
Gadsy
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Nice Cobe Scotto
I reckon they're not too bad on the taste side either.
uncle
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That is a nice
Cobia.
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Cruise Control
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Be interested in how it
Be interested in how it tasted. I caught an 80 pounder on line at Steep and it tasted like absolute crap.
black gen
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Nice one scottocouple trips
Nice one scotto
couple trips in close succession
Dale
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Ripper cobe, we’ll done
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meglodon
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Now that is one very nice cobia
Well done on your capture with the straight hook, I too would be interested to hear how it was on the tooth.
walloped
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I have eaten them up to 65lb
I have eaten them up to 65lb and they have been fine. They are a massively underrated table fish IMHO. Always welcome on my boat...or from the stones up at Quobba.
tot
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rippa cobia!
landed a couple myself earlier in the week in the NW , both half that size.
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Absolute monster. 10 kg is
Absolute monster. 10 kg is hard enough to reel in but on the straight hook is a cracking effort. Well done
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Rob H
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Haven’t had a bad one yet,
Haven’t had a bad one yet, they as good as anything and better than most by a country mile!
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scotto
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On the tooth
cheers for the comments lads. I had some Saturday and Sunday night, and can confirm this particular specimen is excellent eating.
There is more blood in cobia than a lot of other fish. The bloody lateral line and bloody parts just under the skin need to be removed or trimmed up, which I reckon stops the flesh getting bad flavours when cooked. This applies to all fish in my opinion.
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Managed to get a 14kg Cobia
Managed to get a 14kg Cobia today at Cleaverville, about 2 km off the main camp.
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