Cobia follow whale shark..

[triumphrick]

No pics of the whale shark, but a few of the cobia we nabbged following it. We were off the Pinellas reef, West of Clearwater, Fl fishing with an assortment of dead/live baits when a huge 40' whaleshark passed by with a gaggle of cobia all over it. My buddies pinfish was inhaled and he landed a 22#. An hour later the shark returned with his entourage and my pinfish was swallowed by a 30#. Everything died by 2:30 and we headed back..

http://s314.photobucket.com/albums/ll422/triumphrick/Pinellas reef/

Whale shark and cobia...

 

[Les Robb]

Re: Cobia follow whale shark..

Hey guys any time you want to get rid of those ole nasty looking cobia you just overnight em up here to Washington, GA and we'll dispose of them for you. Oh make sure you pack them with a lot of ice.

Nice catch, good fishing ya'll

 

[tnduc]

Re: Cobia follow whale shark..

Cool, them cobia are good eating. A couple of weeks ago while offshore everytime someone on the boat brought a kingfish up there were 2 or 3 cobia following it. We had a pitch bait ready but could not get them to bite.

 

[Starcraftguy1]

Re: Cobia follow whale shark..

Nice catching Rick.I think I need to move again and go to Florida with you.Good job.Always sounds like a blast.

 

[triumphrick]

Re: Cobia follow whale shark..

Nice catching Rick.I think I need to move again and go to Florida with you.Good job.Always sounds like a blast.

Greetings, Bruce....hmm, Arizona and now Penn.? Brother, you need to get near some real fishing water! By the way, found another tld-15. Will send a pm and pics...Rick

 

[Jack Shellac]

Re: Cobia follow whale shark..

Yeah, those cobia [ling, lemonfish] sure love the shade. They can be hard to get to bite, but have found that it's hard for them to resist a BIG live shrimp.