garyd Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 (edited) Hi guys, Spent today on the harbour looking to catch my first king, and i guess i kind of succeeded. Morning started gathering bait as ussual, got 1 squid and a few yakka's and then headed amongst the moored boats near the spit bridge (my boat is quite small so couldn't get amongst the swell). Put out a sqid strip and about 10 mins later it went off. My fishing buddy called it for a small king but after a short fight i pulled up a 74cm Cobia. Now thats about the last thing i would be expecting to catch in the harbour, am i un-educated, are these often caught this far south in estuaries. Any way great day on the water and a mixed bag of fish including a good bream, a whiting, a couple of flatties and a leather jacket. Gary Edited March 4, 2008 by garyd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh88 Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Well you got a black kingfish, they do venture down here in the warmer months and are quite present when the water is at its warmest between march-may. Hopefully next time you get a kingy. Josh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caine Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 thats even better than a king!!!!! there have been a few reports of cobia in pittwater lately Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VA911 Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 top fish there for a first outing. Well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scon Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 that's a nice cobe there to start things off, well done. they are good eating, i prefer them better then kingy's, i would happily swap a king for a cobe any day, i am hoping that my first fish Land Based Game is a 20kg cobe, i will be keeping it for the table. is there anyone hear who fish's Land Based or is into Land Based Game fishing?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hook'm Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Nice work mate id love to catch a Cobia great looking fish cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gretsch Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 A rare catch.. nice work!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landbased Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 nice work there mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjneville Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 garyd - who's complaining??! Top catch mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plankton Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 You've gone one better! To better that you'd need a Yellow Finn Tuna. About as rare as things get in the Harbour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hodgey Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Niiiiice Hodgey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavy Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 nice Black Kingie.. WELL DONE!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miller Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 well done nice cobia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netic Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Well done......cobia's are rare in the harbour so thats a very good catch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Beaut Cobia out of our Harbour penguin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishy Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 Scon, me and some mates do little bit LBG at this time of year. Long hours for nothing then one day it goes off and keeps you coming back for the next 10 years. I think we will hear of a big cobe caught by someone in the next few weeks from the harbour or heads. Hope its me!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Soprano Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 Great fish mate! I'd rather catch that than a king any day. Cheers Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big_steve Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 well done there nice cobe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CR@ZY OS@M@ Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 you cant complain about that,well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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