Capt. Jorj Head Cobia

Had another pretty good weekend on the cobia. The water has gotten a lot dirtier and fishing was a lot tougher than earlier in the week. Fished Friday with Tom Czaplicki and his girlfriend Judi in some pretty bad rough and cloudy conditions. One of Tom’s goals for the year is expert angler and he is sitting on three so far so our mission was to get him a citation. We caught about a 30 pounder of a buoy and then found a big school of bunkers with two fish on it. We hooked both and Tom fought the bigger fish while Judi fought the smaller. Both fish fought very hard in a hard running current and did not want to cooperate tangling lines several times during the fight. Judi was making sounds similiar to Richie Moore on that big bluefin. After about at least 30 minutes and almost 3 miles from where we hooked up we boated both fish. Judi’s was about 40 pounds and I think Tom’s was 57 inches and probably would have made weight but we released it to make sure. Saturday fished with Sam Arnold and his buddy David from Harrisonburg. We found some decent water and fish off Newpoint and caught 11 up to about 60 pounds. We had three release citations up to 57 inches. Sunday fished with three generations of Phillips. Jack Phillips, his father Jack, and his son Josh. Fishing was tuff but we managed three fish between 30 and 45 pounds. These pictures are of Friday’s trip. Add to your collection or trash if you want. Don’t get in trouble:-) I’m anxious to here how the overnighter went. Hope you tore em up. Jorj Head