Cobia

Saltwater Offshore Discussion
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You guys stay up to speed with the rules better than I do. DNR looks like cobia is open again this year. Is it open in federal?

2

1 per person per day and no more than 3 per boat per day (In state waters south of 032° 31.0 N latitude (Jeremy Inlet, Edisto Island)

1 per person per day and no more than 6 per boat per day (Federal waters and all other SC state waters)

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3

There is a 36" fork length in federal waters. 33" in state waters.

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4

State waters will now be 36" FL as well for recreational fishermen. Cobia is a game fish in SC so no commercial harvest from state waters. Federal waters commercial will mimic the possession and boat limit rules for rec but with the 33" FL. Commercial is allocated around 5% of Total Allowable Catch.

5

COBIA Closed in State waters until April 30 per SC DNR.

Need to verify, but that is from brief at HHI Sportfishing Club meeting
Tuesday 1/16/2018.

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6

Cobia opened January 1 2018 in federal waters. Cobia harvest open in SC waters when season open in federal waters except when quota is exceeded and federal waters closed to recreational harvest which is what happened in March 2017. SC state waters in special cobia management zone south of Jeremy Inlet to Georgia line closed to harvest in May.

7

gees, I guess I didn’t get the right degree in college, either one of them…why does it have to be so freaking confusing? Why can’t it just state…what is the limit and size fishing out of Charleston for a recreational fisherman…LOL

8

I hear you on that! Were planning on trying to chum up a few out in the warmer water Monday after going offshore

quote:
Originally posted by TheRibbonMan

gees, I guess I didn’t get the right degree in college, either one of them…why does it have to be so freaking confusing?

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quote:
Originally posted by TheRibbonMan

gees, I guess I didn’t get the right degree in college, either one of them…why does it have to be so freaking confusing? Why can’t it just state…what is the limit and size fishing out of Charleston for a recreational fisherman…LOL

http://www.dnr.sc.gov/regs/saltwaterfish.html