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    Posted: 18 Feb 2025 at 7:30pm
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I don't think cobia are caught in NZ waters but some of you may be familiar with them. 
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Intersting fish,cant say I would be concerned if I never saw or caught one.

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My mate (maybe the only one I have) caught a bass/puka on a lure trolling for YF a couple of days ago.
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Originally posted by Alan L Alan L wrote:

My mate (maybe the only one I have) caught a bass/puka on a lure trolling for YF a couple of days ago.
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Tell your mate he's trolling his lures too deep.  Wink
I don't ever recall hearing of puka / bass being taken on the troll before.  Having said that I believe puka were caught surfcasting off the rocks a bit south of you around Porangahau, Herbertville and Akitio in the early days.
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They certainly lived in the 30m zone in our reef a few decades ago.
But I thought that totally weird to get one out wide trolling lures. Looks like  a Zucker fruit salad thing - prime YF lure.
Will try and post a pic. My only doubt is wheteher the tail markings are right - but if it is not a puka, dunno what it may be.
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My Di  caught a blue cod  trolling  , (I tell ya , anything weird about fishing and she's right there Big smile ), just out of Waikawa harbour  ( Southland )   We were actually trying to catch Salmon
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I think it's a bass grouper Alan.  They and puka juveniles are pelagics prior to becoming demersals at around 600mm. 
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Well that expalins it. It was lost.
That Cobia would have been a beast to haul up from the bottom.
Are they any good to eat?
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Originally posted by Alan L Alan L wrote:

Well that expalins it. It was lost.
That Cobia would have been a beast to haul up from the bottom.
Are they any good to eat?
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They are indeed good to eat.  Firm white flesh, slightly sweet which probably comes from them being known crab eaters.  I'm not sure whether a 79.6kg specimen would be good to eat though?  
They go hard when hooked and are often mistaken for a shark until you get them close to the boat.  Anything over 20kg is considered a good fish.  This fish is just massive by comparison and all credit to the angler.  He was using 15kg line and a PE3 rated rod.

Edit: here is another link to a report from a USA sport fishing magazine.
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That is a super good effort.
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