Cobia and Snapper SP success

[Tim_N]

Well,
The mid week weather is just too good, so a mate and I headed out to the Spoil Grounds again off Bribie to throw some plastic for a few hours.
Ended up with 2 fish, a 6.92 kg Snapper (a good looking one this time, but I didn't get a pic of it) and a Cobia which went 13.25 kg.
The Cobia took 1 hour 10 minutes and was caught on a 7" Nuclear Chook, 1 oz 7/0 Nitro jig head and the usual 8 kg flurocarbon leader. This is the same gear is caught the Snapper on. That 16 lb Triumph flurocarbon is very good. After that fight, it stayed together and was relatively unmarked. Maybe a bit of good fortune too though.
The little Egrell Bear S4 and Daiwa 2500 R custom was once again the weapon of choice and this is a PB for me on SP's and for the Bear Certate combo. After about 40 minutes into the fight, I was wishing for a S10 and some 40 lb leader because the back and arm was starting to hurt, but afer some patience and plenty of pumping and winding, the Cobia was close enough for a gaff shot. Pheww.
That was it for me, the rod gets the hardware removed and goes back in the rack. A top afternoon.
Tim

[Jeremy]

top fish from the bay on plastics and light gear

Jeremy

[frankgrimes]

Great Cobe Tim - Awesome effort on that gear!

What (approx) depth did you get em?

Mick

[Tim_N]

Mick,
It was about 75 feet. I've just got a new sounder and am not too sure if I'm reading it right.
Tim

[LostNearBribie]

That is a very nice Cobe mate.
Pitty you didn't have a pic of the snap.
What a double.

[Fishing_Freddy]

Great effort on the light gear.
Ken :beer:

[lizard bribie]

::) nice to see somebody taking advantage of the good midweek weather tim nice fish mate cheers lizard bribie;)

[Roo]

Congrats Tim. That combo sure is a winner for you. Top stuff.

Cheers Roo.

[MICHAELG]

well done Tim,

Lucky bugger living so close to good fishin spots

gibbo

[Rumrunner2]

Pleased to hear your fish are getting better looking, certainly a handsome cobia. Nice to hear the cobes are around waiting for my next trip out!!

RR2

[skipalong]

nice fish mate the weather has finally backed off a little

[Col_s]

Hey Timmy,

Good to see you getting out there when you can and getting some quality fish

Will no doubt catch up shortly.

Cheers Col

[fleety77]

nice fish would of been great to see your snap!

[backlash08]

great cobe on light gear - well done!
cheers - Craig

[Frank OO]

Hi Tim,

Great Fish mate.
I have been using an S9 lately. It is almost as good as an S10 except it is missing a runner/guide. Don"t tell Eric

Frank OO

[Horse]

Well done. Thats a couple of real trophy fish on the gear being used

[reel scream]

Well done Timmy- Great photo mate.

Cheers Scott

[Live4Fishin]

very nice fish tim!! what sounder did you end up getting???

beau.

[Angla]

Good to see you giving the fish a fair chance at breaking away. Spoils to the victor in the end.

Great chewing too.

Chris

[Benno1]

quality fish...nice one :D

Mrs Benno1

[Tim_N]

Hi Beau,
I ended up with a Furuno LS4100 monochrome sounder. That was its maiden voyage and it may take a while to get the hang of, but on first impressions, it is a good bit of gear.
Tim