While fishing for bluefish in the middle of Horseshoe Shoal the morning of July 13, we hooked into a large fish that did not fight at all like a bluefish. It stayed down and did not tire out. After an exciting 1/2-hour fight we netted it and identified it as a cobia! It measured 42 inches and weighed 17 pounds. It was very exciting for my son Brian and my 15- and 13-year-old grandsons Ben and Peter who had to team on the rod to bring in the fish. It had a fresh calico crab in its stomach when we cleaned it. It was caught on a lime-colored Andrus-ounce parachute jig in about 15 feet of water.
Don Schwinn
Captain “Clearwater”
Cotuit, MA
Great on the grill!
Getting warm weather fish up north that shows you how things are changing