WOW!  The fishing is absolutely on fire! Inshore, offshore, nearshore, from the shore, you name it!  Drum (big and small), Cobia, Mahi, Black Drum, Trout, Flounder, Bluefish –  all kinds of stuff happenin’ on the Outer Banks right now.

Matt and I packed up the Hobie Kayaks and headed south to chase some Cobia.   We had actually went for a short trip the day before and I managed a small one, but saw a ton.  They were on the move and didn’t seem to want to bite anything.  Conditions were shaping up for the next day, and we knew it was going to be game on!

We got out there around 9:30am and started looking – it didn’t take long to see the first brown bomber.  I casted on the fish about 10-15 minutes after launching, and put a 20lber in the boat.  I was ready to bag a big girl now.

We were seeing fish, but not THAT many. . . We just kept peddling south. Eventually we started to get among all the boats, and started seeing some fish again.  I caught another shorty somewhere in there, and threw him back.  My brother puts a nice 30+ pounder in the boat. 

After about 30 minutes of cruising around the area that seemed to have the most life (turtles, rays, lots of hammerheads) I saw the big girl cruising out in front of me, and heading straight towards my kayak!  I actually got a little too excited and made an awful cast way off to the side of her.  I guess it wasn’t that bad since she turned on it immediately and crushed it!

The fight went on for about 20 minutes before I got her to the kayak.  She was pretty beat by the time I got her next to the boat, and was surprisingly pretty easy to handle at that point.   After a few whacks to the head with a hammer – I stuck a gaff in her lip and Matt and I put her in the back of my kayak.  I was pretty bummed with my video and photos, but I threw together what I had for a short little edit.  Check it out, and thanks for checking www.SaltMinded.com!