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Been practicing my casting accuracy, would like to land my first Cobia this year.
What do you all prefer? Jig head shape/types & weight, colors, rattles, scent, tails or no - with straight, curly or eel tail?
Does anyone like the soft plastics, eels, curly grubs and etc?
Orange headed no alibi head with orange and pink bucktail that is tipped.
Best bet for your first Cobia would be live bait on bottom off the SE corner of octi. Oh and PATIENCE. :fishing:
Ah so you remember last year do you sonny.
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Why the SE corner of the Octi? What live bait to use? When do the cobia start rolling in?
Chuck
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Why the SE corner of the Octi? What live bait to use? When do the cobia start rolling in?
Chuck
[/quote]Good questions, I've been doing my homework too.
Fish are migrating North along the coast, so they hit the SE corner first.
While I believe a wiggling eel or live crab would be the best baits, but would think that a feisty Pinfish, LY, Sardine, Cigar or others would work too.
March should start them, April should be better.
Water temp plays a BIG part from what I understand, 68' them moving and 72' really lights a fire under their asses.
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cant go wrong with anything similar to this.
i prefer a 2oz squid head with yellow, orange, and white with some rubber ''tails'' (see pic bellow) and some kyristal flash. best time to fish for them is spring, when the water temp hits 68 degrees.
no fish in the shallows...... but some do travel the draws....or on the tide line....cats with the barbs cut off are one of there favorites..... from what I have heard
for a jig color....I always like orange :fishing: but if they want to eat, almost any will work.... placed in the right area
i get eels from the shrimp boats i like them cause when they hit the water it doesent spook them
silver eels^^^^^^
A 2oz jig is to light for fishing from GSP with it being a fair chase pier. Fishing eels is a good idea but you run into the same problem with the light jigs. You must be able to throw them long distances and be accurate with them. Live eels are a great bait but using them from the pier can be a bit difficult.
My only question about the live bait from the southeast corner fished on the bottom is about the clash between bottom-rigs and snobbling as styles. If one is to bottom-fish I would think the most peaceful route is casting up-current. That's the same problem that happened with trolleys.
Of course, if the live bait is fished straight down and not far off bottom with enough weight to prevent tangling the pilings there is less issue. Plenty of cobes work deep and of course they love structure, so you aren't caught up in the meteor showers of jigs around a visible fish.
It all works out quite well. I did it last year. There is plenty of room for everybody out there. If there is a problem out there that time of year its because someone is looking for it and not wanting to work with those around them.
[font=comic sans ms][size=12pt]I have to agree with the orange theme!
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Keep in mind there are a LOT of sheepshead and often spanish fishers sharing the same rail.
I have seen too many times where over eager cobia bottomfishers drop a line on a big rig, lean it against the rail and then wander off to do something else.
That is a NO-NO!
Any decent cobia angler will tell you to stand close by your rig to detect that quick bite and keep from interfering with other anglers fighting fish.
Back on topic: doublethreat's assortment looks mighty good IMHO
Fin, you know that any self respecting 'Bama ling' would spit that ugly thing out in a heart beat :poke1: ;) :D
i like eels too, but i always have a problem with them tying themselves in a knot.