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N.C. cobia season opens May 1 with new regulations
The recreational cobia season begins May 1, and the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries is reminding anglers that the regulations have changed. […]
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NC angler boats 96-pound cobia off Cape Lookout
Entered in the Cobia Challenge put on by Chasin’ Tails Outdoors in Atlantic Beach, N.C., Greg Marquart of Macclesfield had high hopes of hooking a fish that would put him in the money when he set out for Barden Inlet near Cape Lookout on May 15. […]
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Hatteras anglers await next wave of cobia
The winds blew almost 30 mph out of the southwest at the end of this week, putting an end to a great cobia bite off the Hatteras end of North Carolina’s Outer Banks and leaving fishermen looking toward the end of a big four- or five-day blow for the next wave of cobia to arrive. […]
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N.C., S.C. anglers catching plenty of cobia
Anglers in both North and South Carolina are catching their share of cobia, and the fish have not been picky about the baits, lures, or fishing methods. They’ve been biting as long as anglers put something presentable in front of them. […]
Inshore Fishing
Grand Strand offers premier cobia waters
Every year, the spring cobia run along the Grand Strand is memorable with heavy catches — and usually plenty of them. A combination of warm weather and calm seas will determine the level of productivity from year to year. […]
Inshore Fishing
Cape Lookout is a cobia trap
Cape Lookout is in the middle of some of North Carolina’s best waters to dial up a spring cobia. The hook that forms the cape serves almost as a landing net to hold millions of menhaden and cobia along their northern migration. […]
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NC forced to back off from mandatory cobia reporting
A legal question has caused the N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission to change part of its new cobia regulations, removing the mandatory reporting of recreational cobia landings and replacing it with a request that anglers report their catches. […]
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Cobia on corks
As the Earth slides closer to the sun during spring, the waters warm and kick-starts fishing action. Anglers along the coast of both Carolinas look forward to the first few weeks of May, when nearshore waters fill up with energy rich pods of menhaden, knowing that these oily baitfish will be swarmed by toothy predators every step of the way in their travels. […]
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North Carolina’s new size and bag limits for cobia start May 1
New size and bag limits will go into effect May 1 for the recreational cobia fishery in North Carolina waters. […]
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N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission sets four-month cobia season for 2017
It won’t be as long or wide open as in past years, but the N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission voted last week in Wilmington to open a cobia season for 2017, allowing anglers to fish from May 1 to Aug. 1 in state waters with creel and size minimums. […]