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Prof. Salt
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 Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2016 8:40 am Post subject: I finally found my monster cobia! |
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It only took me twenty years, but I finally landed a big one (at least for a kayak catch). After messing with the kingfish for half the morning I set out to find a nice cobia for dinner. I jigged up a nice live bait and sent it back down with a few strategically placed hooks. It paid off with a 55 inch beast, and she pulled me around for over an hour before I could sink a gaff in her. I have learned that cobes are a dangerous fish to handle in a kayak, so the most effective way to deal with them is after they "go to sleep". I employ a heavy bat for this, but after such a large fish resisted my anesthetic efforts, I may have to move to something more suitable for larger fish... still figuring that one out. It's a pretty cool landing scene by my standards. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kA_iMC_IFFA
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OSOFARAWAY
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| Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2016 10:20 am Post subject: |
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One of the fish on my bucket list.
Great catch!
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deputydawg
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| Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2016 11:38 am Post subject: |
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| Awesome fish! Congrats!!! |
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Cudakilla
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| Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2016 12:20 pm Post subject: |
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Awesome! You need to be careful with those big girls. Sometimes they'll 'wake up' after a short nap. LOL!
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ratherbefishing
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| Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2016 12:42 pm Post subject: |
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Awesome catch Prof! Thanks for sharing.
I do like the levity with the squeaky bat.
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ironmanstan
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| Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2016 1:38 pm Post subject: |
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Wow man! Great fish.
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cephus
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| Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2016 2:26 pm Post subject: Big Ling |
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Congrats. That is a big ling, especially from a kayak! My best ling weighed 42 lbs but did not measure it. We had limited out on snapper and I was throwing some left over chum over board when I noticed a big ling in the chum line. I put a good bait on an un-weighted circle hook and casted it to him. He sucked it up and the fight was on.
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jeff89
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| Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2016 3:49 pm Post subject: |
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Nice fish sir!
I'm sorry to say that my favorite video is still charkbaitTV's Cobia disaster offshore lol |
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Oil Field Trash II
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| Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2016 4:14 pm Post subject: |
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what a fish!
for my curiosity, about how much drag does it take to pull that kayak around? |
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rodandroll
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Location: Kerrville, Tx
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| Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2016 7:56 pm Post subject: Re: I finally found my monster cobia! |
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| Prof. Salt wrote: | It only took me twenty years, but I finally landed a big one (at least for a kayak catch). After messing with the kingfish for half the morning I set out to find a nice cobia for dinner. I jigged up a nice live bait and sent it back down with a few strategically placed hooks. It paid off with a 55 inch beast, and she pulled me around for over an hour before I could sink a gaff in her. I have learned that cobes are a dangerous fish to handle in a kayak, so the most effective way to deal with them is after they "go to sleep". I employ a heavy bat for this, but after such a large fish resisted my anesthetic efforts, I may have to move to something more suitable for larger fish... still figuring that one out. It's a pretty cool landing scene by my standards.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kA_iMC_IFFA
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Little messy, but a .45 works every time!! 
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Prof. Salt
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| Oil Field Trash II wrote: | what a fish!
for my curiosity, about how much drag does it take to pull that kayak around? |
Even 20 lb mono and 8 lbs of drag can give you a great sleigh ride when the fish is willing. With my 40 lb braid and a strong drag system, I have felt like I was getting up on plane a few times, but in reality big sharks are the only fish that will carry you a mile or more on a real ride. The cobia and kings tend to fight in circles, but they will definitely move the kayak around. Cobia do have a bad habit of running into the rig structure to break us off, so we tend to drag them away from structure before really letting them know they're hooked. That's what I was doing on the video. |
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landlocked beachbum
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| Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2016 8:11 am Post subject: |
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VERY nice..... Congrats!!! 
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Hornbill
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| Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2016 11:47 am Post subject: |
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Wow what a great catch!!! Congrats!!!
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awesum
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| Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2016 6:49 am Post subject: |
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Nice! I've caught lots of Ling over the past 40 years and don't think I ever got one that big.  |
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