Sorry I'm late with my reply, but I am catching up on my reading. Do you have hardhead catfish in your area? I was once shown by a commercial old timer, he caught hard head catfish, clipped the spines off and put a sharp hook in the back behind the dorsal and let them swim away down in the water. When I tried it, (I'll try anything) I caught about a dozen, put them in my livewell, ( I hope nobody see me) and went out to give it a shot......Set out four lines with hardhead catfish and let them drift out, within 10 minutes, all four lines were hooked up with cobia....big ones, 20 to 30 lbs averge, I couldn't believe it.... and while reeling them in, one came off the hook, as we reeled it in the cobia was following the catfish trying to eat him again... of course we didn't want to let him feel left out so we let him have it........Four at once!! Instant limits..........I'm now a believer..
Tommy