re: Let's talk cobia

ahhh, the Mississippi Chum line in Penscacola. Wise choice.



First get a few bags of frozen chum and maybe a bottle of pogy oil. do not spill of oil. also a good idea to chop up some frozen pogies every thirty minutes. U can not chum too much. I used to buy the oil in 55 gallon drums from zapata.

You want your slick to cross over a sand bar etc. I would usually be in 7-10 foot of water off a sandbar.

Now the bait. If you have room one or two live croakers or catfish under a float 70-100 yards back. Two bottom rigs with live bait. Next a free line croaker or big squid. Two spinning rigs always ready to go. One with live eel, and other with big squid and or jig. You can sub live eels and croakers out for any of the bag but dont put eels on bottom rigs with weights as they burrow into the sand.

Another key is the hooks, etc. I think the best choice is number 7 true turns. You can use circle hooks too but lemonfish are hard to hook so dont skip on the hooks. Use 40-60 pound flour with drags set at 20-30 pounds.

And here is final trick when they take a bait, count to 7 then set the hook.

Last thing they are very gaffe shy but sometimes will swim right to the boat hooked or not out of curiosity. If you gaffe a "green fish" and thrown him in the boat be ready for some damage.

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