Double trouble, Monster Cobia

[bigdonk]

Hi all,
Headed out off Tweed Sat morning Chasing Snapper and Cobia. First stop Snapper rock bait ground.. Got some Yellow tail, Pike and got some Bonito.... Off to the in shore reefs out from Fingal.. We cubed up some pilly's and threw a hand full over every 10 mim..( stinky Buggers :P) We strip bait a bonitos and got s%^t loads of Spices Red Rock Cod:-?, Brim and other small Spices, we where petty busy pulling up small fish every 5 min... But boring... So out went a live Pike and a dead Bonito on the 24kg rigs 8-)..... 8 min later ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ whamo the 24kg Ian Miller T-curv rod Buckles over. a Short fight up comes a Cobia around 12kg mark :D (pic Below).
Now is time for another Big bait.. 2nd Bonito goes on single hook through the tail.. 30 min later F&%kn Band the rod buckles over again but this time there is smoke coming off the reel (not really but it was flying out).. Picked it up again and turned the drag up..... tightened the drag up some more....and again... Well holy smoke we have a good fish here ;D;D .... After 5min the other rod goes off :o, same again its big what ever it is....
After another 10 min i see my fish, Its a massive Cobia::) and i mean massive... BANG, lost it to an 100lb snap swivel straightening ( I still had the Drag too tight, my fault). Any way we managed to get the second Cobia into the boat, This thing is massive... One fillet weighed 14.8kg :o estimated 45KG fish, the last 2 pic's shows the size of the monster... oh and it eats soooo good...... Happy Days;D;D;D

Cheers Bigdonk

[blaaahkey]

Jebus!! That thing is MARRSIVE!! Well done champ!

Blake

[trueblue]

have you weighed it yet?

[bigdonk]

No, only the one fillet i took home.. It was 14.8kg (sorry i forgot to put it in , fixed now) x 2 also depending how good i can fillet, the thing was prob around 45 to 50kg id like to claim 50 but i think its shy of that!!

[byron_moses]

top fish mate gotta be happy with that. did you get a measure on it?

[bigdonk]

no but from the size of my mate around 1700 long... ;D

[byron_moses]

mate do you want my address id love a slab lol

[bigdonk]

Excuse me for being selfish;D;D;D
Can't wait ti see the GoPro footage, should be some good frame grabs too..

BD

[murf]

nice fish, they go hard and long them big ones :)

cheers Murf

[Midnight]

Well done! That thing is a STONKA!

[Bull]

Bigdonk,
That is one massive beast of a thing well done.

[carnster]

Nice fish mate.

[Jackinthebox]

Top stuff BD!

That thing would have pulled you inside out! Great chewing too :)

Conditions look atrocious in that third pic.

Two weeks of great conditions and my holidays start this Friday, about the same time as the southeasterly change :(

[BodenBungi]

by any chance did you leave the carcus at the fingle boat ramp cuz it looks the same seize and pretty sure its stinks atm down there dude....???

[lethal098]

Nice fish, to put in in perspective the fish attached weighed 42kg on official scales
68479

[bigdonk]

Yea thats the one bodenbungi, we looked at putting it in the Tweed river but with skiers and swimmers around we thought better near the ramp where no one swims... sorry for the stink im sure it will be gone soon..!

Lethal theat another DONK lol yea i wish there was scales at all boat ramps would of been good to see the weight of it!!! Nice reels in the backround too..

BD

[jtpython]

Mate niceeeeeeeee
Top effort. Love Cobia
JT

[BodenBungi]

hahaha yeah it does stink but nice catch though well done man...

[Benno1]

Dang!!!...i bet he gave you some curry even on the 24 gear!!! Tweed you say...nice :D

Mrs Benno1
Sunny

[thelump]

A great fish mate and at that size they sure would give you a workout. They have to be one of the most stubborn bloody fish on the planet but boy do they taste good. Well done.

[jake_snapper_king]

STONKER ... good stuff

[business class]

Thats a good fish mate well done. I do have to say tho im glad i wasnt out there that day, as you have one mean looking storm coming over in the background of that second pic ;)

[bigdonk]

Finally got some frame grabs from the GoPro. The first shit really shows the size of the beast.
cheers

[Boat Hog]

Bloody nice fish bigdonk. Did you see it in the water and think "we're gonna need a bigger boat!".

Top work

[pickers]

mate I'm a contract fish filleter for a living and if one fillet weighed 14.8 kg...times that by 2 and you get 29.6kg...
even if you only got a 50% recovery from that fish...and I know you get more than that from cobes....you can proudly stand up and claim that fish over 50kg....bloody good fish mate and well done.
TAKE A BOW!!!!
pickers

[bigdonk]

cheers pickers, It's a monster of a fish thats for sure..

BD

[Jarrah Jack]

Thats a great fish BD, massive..I wonder how old it would be?

[ratherbfishing]

Hey Mate,

Top fish fella!! big baits ,bigs fish seems to be the go,better still if their alive!!

Regards

Paul