Our friends at Georgia Kayak Fishing are coming up to Hunting Island State Park the last weekend in May (30 May - 1 June), for their Spring Fling. This happens to coincide with the annual Cobia migration into the local rivers to spawn, and the return of Sharks to the waters after the winter.
That being said, we have decided to hold our annual BARF get together that same weekend.
Helps that this is a holiday weekend.
If interested, let me know. Promises to be a great weekend of fishing.
YotF
Count me in!! I’m sure details will follow?
DD
Go Buckeyes!!! No, Seriously, GO!!!
Ill be there 
keep me up to date
Dang-nabit… someone roped me into a cruise 
that week (not my style at all)
rather be down there teaching ya’ll how to fish!
Troy- what weekend are we doing the fall BARF?
Cutmullet,
Veteran’s Day Weekend…
YotF
Those who can’t fish, spend too much on seafood!
I like to think my mom and all the little people that helped me win the last tournament and yes I will be signing autographs and small replicas of my Pirogue
Just kidding I am looking forward to fish with all of you again
blufftonyak
Will this event be held at Hunting Island also? What kind of gear do I need to bring for the Cobia?
Thanks, Brian
I would love to take part in it, please keep me posted.
Actually the Cobia and Shark Rodeo will be from Parris Island/Laurel Bay or other sites on the Broad River. Hunting Island will be full fo kayak fishermen from Georgia at the same time though, so you could drive 3/4 hour and fish for Cobia/Sharks for several hours, then return and fish the lagoon for Flounder, Seatrout, Whiting and Redfish the rest of the time.
YotF
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Originally posted by sheetsrepWill this event be held at Hunting Island also? What kind of gear do I need to bring for the Cobia?
Thanks, Brian
Those who can’t fish, spend too much on seafood!
Brian,
Your standard catfish and striper gear is sufficient for Cobia and Sharks… Just keep the drag real loose and let them tire themselves out for a while…
We don’t call it a “Redneck Sleighride” for nothing.
YotF
Those who can’t fish, spend too much on seafood!
Is this still a go??
Go Buckeyes!!! No, Seriously, GO!!!
Bidding for my April/May schedule now, if in town will be there.
Getting tired of this work stuff, really messing with the fishing.
What is chiefly needed is skill rather than machinery.
— Wilbur Wright, 1902
Yes, this is still a go…
I am thinking of trying to make this a Fund Raiser for Waddell Maritime Research Center…
They have been doing research on Redfish and Cobia fisheries, and have started planting programs for these species. They are going to start a program for Seatrout, and this is what I am trying to get any funds collected earmarked for…
If we do not do this for the Rodeo in May, it will definately be part of the BARF IV trounament on Veteran’s Day.
YotF
Those who can’t fish, spend too much on seafood!
What would really help out DNR is the donation of cobia racks of any fish kept or collection of fin clips for genetic analysis of all released fish. You can contact the Waddell Mariculture Center or the guys in Charleston to get more info.
fatherdrum, sounds like we have to get a cobia in the boat in order to help out in the way your speaking of…? I would, and I think everyone else would too! Over and beyond that …Yak…I would like to know if there is anything I(and the rest of us) can do to make this work. If not, I’ll still go fishing, but it would be nice to know that I did something to make a difference
tarpon 160
and a four legged Hound…Max
Mud
Mudroc,
I still have yet to hear back from the Hilton Head Island Group that Waddell Research Center recommended we try to work with…
Perhaps we should take the advice of one of my good friends down here, and get Official Non-Profit Status as a Group…Instead of the informal group of drunks err yahooserr kayak fishermen we currently are. 
We could make our Mission statement to be to collect funding for Coastal Fisheries Research.
In addition to keeping all heads and guts from any Cobia we might catch (We can turn them in at one of several collection points in the area), I think we should also have tags with us for any undersized/oversized cobia we catch. I know that if I catch a 60+ lb Cobia, I will be releasing HER back to lay her eggs (The largest are always female). Unless a World Record… But even then I might think about it seriously, being happy with an Unofficial Record and the knowledge that she will be able to continue to make more Cobia.
Do you think the others would be willing to pay a small donation to such a cause, with nothing but bragging rights as a “Prize?”
YotF
Those who can’t fish, spend too much on seafood!
A fin clip could be taken with the fish in the water. It only has to be a small piece for them to get the information they need. If it’s possible to tag a cobia from the yak then I would suspect that taking a small clip could be possible. I know how these guys fight and this may be easier said then done but ever little thing helps. The more info we can provide the better understanding of this species we will have and the more appropriate regulations can be put into place.
Mornin’;
“BUMP”
…eat your Wheaties, sharpen the hooks, dust off the rods, charge the batteries, drag out the gaffs, respool the reels.
a.k.a. "X-Fishin’ "
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....eat your Wheaties, sharpen the hooks, dust off the rods, charge the batteries, drag out the gaffs, respool the reels.a.k.a. "X-Fishin’ "
</font id=“quote”></blockquote id=“quote”>OK,…when and were?..oops, my bad…I thought it was going to be the weekend before.
tarpon 160
and a four legged Hound/Mutt…Max
Mud
Low Country Marine has the tag kits for Cobia. Has everything you need in a small ziplock bag.
Should be in town and looking forward to this. Just wondering if anyone has actually caught a cobia and landed it in a kayak. Just hope everything is tied down well.
What is chiefly needed is skill rather than machinery.
— Wilbur Wright, 1902