COBIA!!!!!!!

[NCPierRat]

Im a pier fisherman from NC and i recently got entrested in cobia fishing...like obsessed
im looking for rod& reel suggestions $200 max. looking at buying a fierce 7000 and putting it on a heavy action 6'6" ugly stick tiger spin jig rod; 40# powerpro backed with 50# trilene big game. sounds like a pretty sick ling slayer especially considering that its only $180 for all of it . so please drop some pics of your cobia, jigs, combos, and tell some stories. i have ready everything on the internet so please give me all the information in your brains, bc you guys are the only ones who can feed my cobia crack addiction. tight lines. NCPierRat

[fishnfool73]

The rod is to short. Pier fishing cobia down here relies a lot on outcasting the other fisherman and using jigs. I would say a rod of at least 8 -9 ft is needed to be successful at it.

[NCPierRat]

Haha most the cobia fisherman in NC fish boats exclusively or fish the more northern piers, so
if anyone sees a crusing cobia they scream shark (beach bums on the pier) and purposely pull their rods out of the water!! if they see a ray pod or a turtle they just stair in aw.

[fishnfool73]

Lol most of the pier rats down here have an unwritten code first one to call the fish gets first shot at it. After first cast it is a free for all. I use a 9 ft custom rod with extra large foul proofs and a VS 250 with 65 lb. braid and a 3-5 ft 60 lb leader.

[NCPierRat]

NC piers are under full control of king mack fisherman so there really isn't an option of fishing the end of the pier so im going to fish under rays.

[ez2cdave]

NC piers are under full control of king mack fisherman so there really isn't an option of fishing the end of the pier so im going to fish under rays.

Yes, they call them "Pin-Riggers" up here in NC.

First, a heavy anchor weight is cast out and secured. The, a second rod is used with the bait leader clipped to a slider attached to the anchor line. the bait is then slid down the line. When a fish strike the clip releases and the fight is on !

In Hawaii, they call it "Slide-Bait Fishing" and go after HUGE ULUA using that technique. Usually, the bait is "TAKO" ( a live Octopus )...

[Poseidon10/31]

DAMN!!! That's the biggest boo runner I've ever seen!!! Those GTs look like one hell of a battle.

[gruntking]

go to bass pro buy one of there 9ft cobia rods i think like 120