Crispy Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 As they say......better late than never....... And about time I contributed after being a long time reader.....thought that this catch being a little unusual and sizeable could be a worthy report of interest to many. Fishing early morning Sydney Harbour, drifted around for 30 mins to catch some lives (Yellowtail and Slimies) without too much difficulty before heading to a spot that had been working well for me recently. Anchored up, dropped down 2 lives...the first about 3/4 to the bottom (40 feet) and the other halfway. Not much was sounding, but a beautiful morning on the harbour with very little wind and was warming up........then.......zing....zing....zing.....ziiiiiiiiing.........my partner in crime was closest (damn it) and he was on......was he on........whilst I was bringing in the other 2 lines the fish was taking him all around the boat after an initial 30 sec run.....then just a steady beat and pull.......shark........ray........defiantly not a King.......eventually up it comes.......took a while to grab and get into the boat with much yahooing and celebrating.......119cm........Amberjack.........(not the greatest picky kept kicking and sliding off the matt...as you can see well off the front line in this image) Had a bit of a lot online and appears to be a pretty unusual catch (especially that size) for Sydney Harbour.....happy days..... Tomorrow conditions looking bloody great......time to get out again.... Crispy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noldty Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 Isn't it a Cobia?? Noldty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king of kings Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 Sure is! Awesome harbour catch!! Nice work! ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispy Posted February 20, 2017 Author Share Posted February 20, 2017 Apologies....you are right.....COBIA........been a long day.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samjames95 Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 That's a huge Cobia for this far south! Well done mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proline Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 Nice Cobia!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACJ Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Mate that is an absolute stonker of a Cobia for anywhere, let alone Sydney Harbour. I'd be pretty pleased with myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveBM Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Awesome catch, and at that size superb eating too. I only ever caught one cobia, after a huge tussle on light gear after it inhaled a whiting I'd hooked off a little jetty in about 3m of water over sand. I was watching the whiting come in, and about 5m from the jetty this enormous black thing shoots out from over a weed patch and just smashes it. Pelagic? Hardly! Dude must've been lost... Half an hour later after nearly getting spooled twice I managed to swim it to the beach and then with the aid of a quick measure-and-google confirmed it was 73cm... 2cm under the legal limit for WA. Gutted. Frankly I'd rather have lost it. But after a little coaxing it swam away healthy enough, so there's that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fragmeister Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Well you didn't disappoint with your first catch Crispy! Well done. Cheers Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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