cooper Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 My mate went for a fish yesterday up Smiths Creek (an arm of the Hawkesbury) and caught heaps of small snapper and bream to throw back. Anyhow, he decided to troll a shallow diving bibbed minow for tailor slowly back to Apple Tree Bay in the middle of the day. He was out in deep water in the middle of Smiths Creek when he got a good hit and pulled in a 7kg fish he had never seen. He kept the head and tail to show me to ask what it was. I was more than a little surprised to see he had caught a Cobia. I have fished this system for years and never caught or heard of people catching cobia there- especially in the middle of the day with all that boat traffic around on the surface. Anyone else caught any in the Hawkesbury? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inhlanzi Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 Yup I know of a 15kg caught at Juno some years back. I have caught one or two small ones inside of Lion Island Cheers Inhlanzi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roffo Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 About 5 or 6 years ago I picked up a 5.5kg cobia at the vines on a pilly in the last of the run in in the afternoon, it was the best fight on 3kg gear I've ever had. Cheers Roffo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmarkich Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 my father caught a 10kg cobia in milsons passage last year, it was the first one he has seen in the hawkesbury and he has been fishing the river one to twice a week for 40 years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dipship Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 saw one a few weeks ago break the surface at Juno. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonlitecreeper Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 (edited) i have the pic of the 12kg fish my mate caught it it was as big as my 6yr old son so i took a pic of him laying down next to it il post pic up for all to see Edited February 18, 2008 by moonlitecreeper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Hooker Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 enough said! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cupster Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 caught one in jerusalem bay a few years back,only small though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagoon Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 i have the pic of the 12kg fish my mate caught it it was as big as my 6yr old son so i took a pic of him laying down next to it il post pic up for all to see Moonlite! Great to hear from you!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livo Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 Link to recent thread in chat about Cobia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matrix Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 What a coincidence berely boy I fished there a few weeks ago, topwatering for humble bream and had just hooked a nice little 30+cm specimen and was in the process of bringing the fish in when I looked down right below the boat, to see a friggin huge cobia investigating, wondering what all the bruhaha was about! Geez I so wish the cobia wolfed my bream down....that would've been a fight to remember Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavy Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 ripper!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooper Posted February 20, 2008 Author Share Posted February 20, 2008 Link to recent thread in chat about Cobia It pretty well sums up what keeps me fishing- the speculative nature of it all- not really knowing whats coming next! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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