On the last set of big tides the river fishing for Cobia was pretty good. Now the sharks are fast and furious making it hard to keep any bait on the bottom. So now the preferred technique is to fish only 1 bait on the bottom and chum the surface heavy and fish 2 or 3 live baits on the surface under a balloon or a rattling cork. Yesterday fishing near the mouth of the sound we boated 3 Cobia hooking all the fish right next to the chum bag. As I let baits out I make it a habit of dropping them next to the side of the boat and letting the current take them out. Well, 3 times as soon as the bait hit the water a Cobia darted out and grabbed the bait. The near shore reefs are also very good places to fish for Cobia. While Cobia fishing you can also catch plenty of Spadefish. On the way in from the Eagles Nest this week we stopped along some of the Port Royal shipping channel buoys and floated some small fish near the cans hooking 2 whopper Cobia and landing 1. Great time to fish in the lowcountry. Tarpon are just around the corner.
