Chuck and I set out for Cobia around 1:00. Went south towards Dividing Creek. The day didn’t start out as planned because the “turn bouy” has been removed and “R4” has been moved so it took a bit to get my bearings. Saw the menhaden fleet coming in so avoided that mass of 6 boats. A great weather day, 80ish, very clear, no humidity, winds from the north at about 6 knots. The waves were 1 -2 but not bad at all.
We got set just above a pool shelf hoping on an outgoing tide. So we had the tide and the wind working for us. Overall it was a busy day, got all of our gear stuck in the chum bag (likely from skates) a couple of times. I feel like we lost a couple because I didn’t show her how to set the hook so while I was untangling the bag and lines it appeared based on how it took off it was a cobia.
Finally, we had a “screamer” at about 3 maybe 1.5 hours after high tide and hooked up a cobia. I set the hook and handed Chuck the rod. It turned out to be 37″ 3″ short of legal so we didn’t play with him just got the hook out and released.
Scheduled to go again Sat. morning with Ron and Sharon will report regardless of catching. Sat is the NNAC tournament so we will see.
