Big little tunny

Saltwater Offshore Reports
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First of all let me say that I have enjoyed reading posts on this site for a while now. I really appreciate all of the information, and most of all, the stories and pictures everyone shares! To the point though, I have been determined to find and catch a cobia this year. I’ve located them twice now and had one on the hook for about 3 minutes before the hook pulled. This past Tuesday I took my neighbor out with plans on looking for cobia on the shipping channel buoys. Just when I thought we were about to boat our first cobia a huge bonita appears at the surface! Although we were ecstatic to have caught such a powerful fish I was suprised and a little disappointed it wasn’t a cobia. Caught on a pink hogy with 1 Oz jig head near the 4th set of cans. Fish released without a measurement, but I’m guessing at least 30 inches and 25 lbs. First post…

Took this pic of a school of rays about 10 days ago after we spotted the first group of cobia about halfway to chs.60

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Always fun to play with a monster albie. Caught one about that size on a 2oz roscoe a couple years back on a reel that only had about 125 yards of line. That was an interesting fight

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I bet that was an interesting fight! Luckily this guy bit the Penn battle 6000 with 300 yds of power pro. Still a good 10-15 min of fun though!

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Here’s a good free site that let’s you resize and/or rotate your pics.

http://webresizer.com/

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nice fish!

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Thanks for the help with the pics striperskiff.

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That ain’t 25lbs…

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Originally posted by SchoolsOut1

That ain’t 25lbs…

Did you forget to apply the internet coefficient?

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Salt Hawk, Welcome to the site. Regardless of weight, those fish can be a lot of fun on lighter tackle. I spent many a day growing up catching them on top-water plugs and having a blast. Thank you for the reports and pics.

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Originally posted by SchoolsOut1

That ain’t 25lbs…

but it is cat food,Friskies all day long.
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Originally posted by poke salad
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Originally posted by SchoolsOut1

That ain’t 25lbs…

but it is cat food,Friskies all day long.

cmon man you don’t have to kill the poor cat :smiley:

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I kept one a few years ago… it was better than canned tuna, I suppose. I think I boiled it to make it as bland as possible, then just made tuna salad with it. I would consider keeping another to do the same thing with, just because I’m not sure I want to support the way most canned tuna is caught.

Anyway, nice fish! That had to be a blast on spinning gear for sure. They also make great bottom fishing and/or shark bait. I’ve heard of trolling strips (of the belly meat, I think?) instead of ballyhoo – I would be really interested to try that.

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