Went out of Boca Grande today

[THEFERMANATOR]

Were about 2 hours north of Boca Grande. I was down visiting inlaws, so it gives me an opportunity to go out of there. Was hoping for a king because I saw others hooking up around me, but I'll take what I got. And grabbing him by his tail was not my 1st idea, but after a few failed attempts of trying to tail rope him, I manned up and grabbed him. It took almost 20 minutes at the boat keeping him at the surface before he was wore down enough I could hang on. The 1st time I grabbed him, lets just say it was a rocket shooting down to the bottom. You can bet I will have a gaff under the bow of the boat from now on.

[charlie_the_tuna]

man, them cobes are uglier than sh!t. how they eat, any good?? good as grouper?? dolphin? snapper?

[scook]

Nice work - that's some "real man" fishin'.

[THEFERMANATOR]

They are an ugly son of a gun, looks like a big remora. They are quite tasty though. a VERY white thick fleshed fish. This size is quite good cooked most anyway you can think of. Once they get up over about 70-80 pounds though they do get real oily and are best smoked. y dad caught one YEARS back that was almost a state record weighing almost 114 pounds. That one got smoked as it was VERY oily.

[bradford]

Great report Ferm. I agree with Phat, that's some good mojo for the new skiff. Friend of mine is a striker on a head boat and hates gaffing the cobias. You're the man grabbing him by the tail.

https://youtu.be/mY4QCIa3dVQ

[bigshrimpin]

Ferm - Congrats on the catching. My grandmother used to have a clothing shop on Boca Grande from 1972 - 1994? Fishing is great down there . . . I think Cobia are pretty unusual in the pass.

[SkunkBoat]

Yep , they are about as insane as a bull dolphin when they get loose on the deck.
Nice GRAB!!!!

[THEFERMANATOR]

Originally Posted by bigshrimpin

Ferm - Congrats on the catching. My grandmother used to have a clothing shop on Boca Grande from 1972 - 1994? Fishing is great down there . . . I think Cobia are pretty unusual in the pass.

I got this one about 3 miles offshore about midway up the island. I found one school of bait out there with birds diving, and was REALLY hoping for some mackeral. Found his ugly mug instead. Trolled the fish haven out of gasparilla pass on the way in and picked up the 1 mackeral.