AI fella Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 Just had this photo sent to me, caught last week off the rocks around from Bundeena, also a metre fish sighted this arvo off the jetty... Time to fish some livebaits after work tomorrow Cheers, Gareth 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenno64 Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 Insane, more detail would be great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingie chaser Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 I didn't realise Cobia frequented these waters? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AI fella Posted February 25, 2019 Author Share Posted February 25, 2019 Dont no much more detail other than a live bait was used, the rocks are at the western end of Jibbon beach, with the recent southerly the water temp is bringing some northern species in close, you never know in the Hacking! Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelm Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 Quite a few Cobia are caught down here in the summer, as are Spangled Emperor and Sampson fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masterfisho7 Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 Man thats one great fish top photo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 18 hours ago, kingie chaser said: I didn't realise Cobia frequented these waters? Cobia do occasionally turn up in the Hacking. I have caught 2 over the years, both little buggers, and dropped a bigger one when the hook pulled. I have also seen a couple pulled out many years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickmarlin62 Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 Excellent eating one of my faves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyFil Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 Cobia also turn up in Pittwater occasionally. I caught a small one on a strip bait a few years ago and my Dad got one in the same area a year or two before that. A friend lost a very large one off the Northern Beaches rocks 2 years ago - he was spinning for bonito and didn't have a gaff with him that day ... Fil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingie chaser Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 (edited) 3 hours ago, rickmarlin62 said: Excellent eating one of my faves I was going to say they are reported to be pretty good on the tooth. Id definitely like to get my hands on one to try it! Interesting to see there is no size limit in NSW either, bag limit of 5!! Edited February 26, 2019 by kingie chaser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oscarthebeagle Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 (edited) I hear of the odd one being caught but have only seen one get caught in the Hacking and that was 25+ years ago. My dad, brother and me were fishing in the shallows off Mainbar, when we saw a large stingray cruising past. Dad actually made the comment "you know up in the tropics they cast at the rays to fish for cobia" with that he flicked his nipper in front of the ray and hooked up as it swam over. We laughed at him assuming he had hooked the ray on 1kg line and was in heaps of trouble. But after a few seconds the ray and fish changed directions, and he landed a small 1.2kg Cobia. Still one of the most arsy captures i have seen. Edited February 27, 2019 by Oscarthebeagle Typo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
campr Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 Most years I hear reports of a cobia being caught mostly near the drop-off near Lilli Pilli. Even stranger was my capture some years ago of a 2kg cobe way down south at Wagonga at Narooma. Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outlawandy Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 Hooked up on a PB just yesterday 135 cm and a weight of 20kg I no longer need to bend over to do up my shoelaces 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickmarlin62 Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 Nice cobe where was it caught Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outlawandy Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 SW of the cod grounds laurieton , solo effort pretty chuffed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickmarlin62 Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
61 crusher Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 About 20 years ago I watched a guy land an 18kg model off Clarke’s point and a few years back while catching some rat kings around Chiswick west of Gladesville bridge I caught a 4kg one & a couple of weeks after Christmas in the same area among some moorings I foul hooked a fantail leather jacket on a plastic which got harassed by easily an 18kg+ cobia, would’ve been interesting on bream gear😂. Around the same time a few days later I thought I’d hooked a kingy which I lost at my feet but was a lot thinner in profile and had a blue & yellow (or white) horizontal stripe running along its lateral line. I’ve never caught or seen a rainbow runner before but that’s what it looked like re-marine fish books, go figure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berleyguts Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 (edited) I remember years ago, a guy from my ANSA club caught one in Swansea channel while spinning for flathead in 2kg. That gave him a run for his money in that current under the bridge! Was a national record for a while. Edited March 1, 2019 by Berleyguts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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