Moreton Cobes

[bayfisher]

Headed out this morning with my cousin to see if we could nail a few cobes, as from all report there seem to be a few around. We left manly at 7:30 and headed out through south passage with high expectations. They were certainly around, my cousin was the first to hook up and I followed not too long after, all done and back by lunch time with 2 in the box. My cousins went 20kg and mine ended up being slightly larger at 22kg .

Cheers Chris

[Benno1]

fantastic fish Bayfisher...not a bad day in the office :D...so what did the damage???...i can see a hook in the first pic...what was your bait???...were you trolling or pick out???...did you try any specific S/P's???
Thanks for the pics :D

(Mrs Benno1)

[bayfisher]

Just live bait today, I had my plastic outfits with me to search for some snaps as backup if the cobes didn't want to play but they never even got a swim. Wasn't anchored just found some bait then drifted through with a couple of lives down. Simple but effective ;D .

[Horse]

Nice work Chris. Were they near the spot I gave you?

[bayfisher]

Not exactly but close. ;)

[skipalong]

nice work mate great quality fish

[Cobia Kid]

some great fish mate, gotta love big cobe,
also great in a fish curry, the firmness of the flesh is just right 2 keep it 2gether!!
cheers
jamie

[backlash08]

good quailty cobes, well done

[coucho]

Nice work guys, couple of fine lookin specimens there

[T1]

Awesome Chris!! That would have been fun!

Take Care T

[Aquarius]

Some nice fillets there Chris.
Must have been a buzz hooking up to those monsters.
We were going after cobes today on the Goldie but ended up with a bag of snaps instead.
Tell me are cobia fillets better than snapper fillets?
Cheers Brent

[For Steve]

Fantastic Chris. Great cobes mate.

I've been trying to remember when I last hooked up with a cobia. It was 2003. 5 years is a long time between drinks. That's gotta change - need a bigger boat.

Regards
Brad

[bayfisher]

some great fish mate, gotta love big cobe,
also great in a fish curry, the firmness of the flesh is just right 2 keep it 2gether!!
cheers
jamie

Your not wrong they have a lot going for them, big hard fighting fish that taste great ;D.

[bayfisher]

Some nice fillets there Chris.
Must have been a buzz hooking up to those monsters.
We were going after cobes today on the Goldie but ended up with a bag of snaps instead.
Tell me are cobia fillets better than snapper fillets?
Cheers Brent

They are certainly fun to catch but can be also be pretty hard work ;D . There seems to be a few around at the moment so you will no doubt pick one up soon. They are also very good eating, its been a while since a had cobia but remember them as better then snapper (I'm cooking some up tonight so i will have a better answer for you then). One big plus is the amount of meat you get off one fish i think i will be eating cobia for the next month, the pressure is certainly off trying to bring home a feed next trip out ;D .

[bayfisher]

Fantastic Chris. Great cobes mate.

I've been trying to remember when I last hooked up with a cobia. It was 2003. 5 years is a long time between drinks. That's gotta change - need a bigger boat.

Regards
Brad

Its certainly the time to get out there and get into them there are a few around, With conditions like they were yesterday you don't need a big boat either, mine is only 5m and there were a few smaller then mine outside yesterday.

[death_ship]

nowhere near the quality of snapper IMO but great for curries

[Horse]

nowhere near the quality of snapper IMO but great for curries
Each to their own. I rate Cobes, Cod, Parrot/Tuskys and Lippers all better than Snapper. Snapper taste like Bream to me;D

[death_ship]

fair enough i reckon the cobes are a bit slimy and strong smelling flesh, jeez they crank up when u fillet them

[cervelo]

Chris

Great effort, I'm looking forward to the next window to get outside.

Cheers
Glenn