Thread: Cobia Migration

What’s cool is that all those old piers kept producing long after they were gone. The pilings from Sun n Fun, Young’s , Ashwanders, Pink Pony, Doctors (quality inn) were all still there til 99. I used to hit them every morning on my way to the rigs. That was the good ol days part 3!

Yep...In my college days I did a lot of night diving for flounder. I guess we all did things in college that we wouldn't do now...but we had underwater lights, snorkel gear and pole guns. It was really effective because a lot of times if they were in five or six feet of water they're just laying there completely exposed...easy to find and easy to shoot. Anyway...back in the 70s the pilings from Pixton, Ashwanders etc were great for that, Not everybody remembered those piers so they didn't get a lot of pressure. Today....if you find me swimming around at night with a bunch of bloody flounders flopping around on a pole gun PLEASE INTERVENE. Like I said I guess we all did things when we were younger that we wouldn't do today...and that's one of them.

You’re right about that! People used to tell me I was crazy heading offshore in my little skiff Thanks for the Sid story man That was one of my earliest memories of him as well- giving me one of those big arse tarpon scales

I wonder when he passed away? I sure was scared of him!

Floridians sold them to Yankees, then started to eat them too. As a boy fisherman in lower Laguna madre the rumor was they were good for cut bait. Dad and I fished sprites and bomber sticks.Coyotes wouldn't eat mullets. When as a wayward youth of 21 I came to bama, I remarked to dad there's mullet in the grocery . he related how people here came to eat them! Haven't and won't.!!!! Lol

I've been fishing in this area since 2012. The first six months almost daily as in 6 out of 7 days, daylight or dark it didn't matter. Big Lagoon, canal, Ft Pickens, GSSP, & Pensacola Pier was my safe places & allowed me to heal from a nasty divorce. I've caught a lot of the fish edible & not available inshore and have always been thankful for the advice given. But the one fish I have not caught is a cobia. I've had them chewing on a hardtail only to have an ass throw his jig and hit the fish scaring it off. I've even seen a few free swimming. But in all honesty I think its time to place a moratorium on cobia. The #'s are unsustainable for the fish and sport. Granted I don't have a wizzbang degree to back it up but it's plain to see. Longer it goes the worst it will be on the stock.