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May 25, 2022
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Species Spotlight: Cobia

September 24, 2021 Brian Cope

Cobia are pelagic, living most of their lives offshore, but they enter estuaries occasionally. And they will eat just about anything. […]

Cobia

Sight-fishing for tasty ling

September 14, 2021 Capt. Adam Jaynes

As we enter September, Capt. Adam Jaynes shares his best tips for sight-casting to cobia, aka ling, in southwest Louisiana. […]

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Cobia fishing in Grand Isle

November 21, 2020 Dora Lambert

Capt. Chris Mowad of Whoo Dat Sportfishing talks about how he’ll be targeting cobia in Grand Isle in November. […]

Fishing Reports

First Cobia

September 2, 2020 lvoclark@att.net

Sunday August 2 was a hot one, but my dad and husband wanted to go fishing. We headed out of Venice through Red Pass to the West Delta Rigs. I normally do okay when out […]

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Anglers catch unique cobia out of Freshwater City

May 20, 2020 Brian Cope

Jack Romero, Mark Christenson, and Larry Richard were fishing out of Freshwater City on April 9, and the three friends caught a unique-colored cobia. […]

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The LWFC adopts NOI to modify the size limits for cobia

May 7, 2020 From News Reports

The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission adopted a Notice of Intent to modify commercial and recreational minimum size limits for cobia. […]

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Abbeville angler catches huge ling, leads CCA STAR cobia category

July 9, 2019 Brian Cope

Jansen Weaver of Abbeville caught a 91.45-pound ling on June 14 while fishing with his future father-in-law out of Don’s Boat Landing. […]

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Cobia 101: Tips to hook up with lemon fish

September 14, 2017 Patrick Bonin

Call them lemon fish, cobia or ling, but their firm white meat is delicious, and right now is prime time to catch them off the Louisiana coast. […]

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Cobia 101: Tips to hook up with lemonfish

September 12, 2017 Patrick Bonin

Call them whatever you want — lemon ish, cobia or ling — but their firm white meat is delicious, and right now is prime time to catch them off the Louisiana coast. […]

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Summer rig bounty

July 1, 2017 David A. Brown

The sky is the limit when fishing around nearshore rigs during the summer. Cooler water plus lots of structure equals fish magnets for Louisiana anglers. […]

Apex Predator

Apex Predator: Use red snapper and de-barbed hardheads to catch more cobia

July 13, 2015 Josh Chauvin

Cobia are one of Josh Chauvin’s favorite fish to catch, and he uses an enticing bait that no cobia can resist: barb-less hardhead catfish. […]

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Potential No. 3-ranked cobia landed in West Cameron blocks Friday

May 6, 2015 Patrick Bonin

Grant Derouen was hoping to make a mangrove snapper haul out of Cameron last Friday morning, but rough conditions put an end to that plan. […]

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Solid year for cobia out of Grand Isle

July 15, 2014 Patrick Bonin

The cobia bite has been pretty consistent lately and Capt. Daryl Carpenter, with Reel Screamers Guide Service, gives his tips. […]

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Cobia: The curious fish

February 1, 2013 Jerald Horst

Cobia feed from the surface of the water down to the bottom, often over 100 feet deep. And they will eat almost anything. […]

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Cobia thick south of Cameron Parish

October 14, 2012 Chris Berzas

Kaplan’s Skip Floyd launched and headed south from the Cameron Jetties, running 15 miles out to the marker buoys for cobia. […]

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Occupy West Delta: Cobia fishing explodes around West Delta rigs

September 1, 2012 Chris Ginn

Anglers can head to the West Delta rigs to take advantage of the cobia invasion as these hard fighters make their way eastward. […]

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