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Went out on the weekend with a mate in hope for some kingfish, like usual we got several yakkas from the usual spot and tried for squid but couldn’t get any. 
Couple of days ago we we catching salmon on top water bust ups for hours and searched the morning for them but couldn’t find any as they must have moved on. So we took the tinny back to middle harbour to sink our yakkas. Like usual it is was slow, it’s been very hard to get kings for some reason this season. Then the live bait rod buckled over, it was a slowish but strong run and I grabbed it as fast I could, I had no clue what it was until I saw it’s fin cutting through the top of the water after fighting it to the top, I was in dis-belief, a cobia in middle harbour? After many netting attempts we finally landed it. The fish measured 72cm and unfortunately swallowed the hook so we brought him home which provided for a great dinner. 

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Hey MaxiTroll, we’ll done. At least you had Kingie gear and were able to land it. This isn’t as unusual capture as you might think. I’ve caught Cobia (Black Kingfish) off Sow and Pigs reef and also off North Head - and several times at night. I’ve also pretty regularly (several times a year) catch Samson fish and Amberjack when Kingie fishing. The first one landed I was convinced was a shark (look very similar in the water). This very warm water is bringing some unusual species into us and seems to be getting more common.

They are a great tasting fish, very similar to Kings (if bled on capture and kept on ice).

Well done - look forward to more reports.

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Congrats on an early season cobia, they must be getting around a bit, about two weeks ago one was caught in Brisbane waters 

Quite a few years back I caught one about that size west of Gladesville bridge & spoke to a guy who got a 19kg one at Clarke’s point the same year

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On 1/12/2022 at 2:48 AM, MaxiTroll said:

Went out on the weekend with a mate in hope for some kingfish, like usual we got several yakkas from the usual spot and tried for squid but couldn’t get any. 
Couple of days ago we we catching salmon on top water bust ups for hours and searched the morning for them but couldn’t find any as they must have moved on. So we took the tinny back to middle harbour to sink our yakkas. Like usual it is was slow, it’s been very hard to get kings for some reason this season. Then the live bait rod buckled over, it was a slowish but strong run and I grabbed it as fast I could, I had no clue what it was until I saw it’s fin cutting through the top of the water after fighting it to the top, I was in dis-belief, a cobia in middle harbour? After many netting attempts we finally landed it. The fish measured 72cm and unfortunately swallowed the hook so we brought him home which provided for a great dinner. 

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Congrats man! Saw a mahi mahi in middle harbour a couples days ago so must be a lot of the tropical fish about

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