172 lb Cobia

[Shark Hunter]

Check out this 172 lb Cobia caught by a spear fisherman in Brazil Today. Its a new record!

[BMITCH]

Holy cobia!!

[Bunnlevel Sharker]

Sweet Jesus! That head would be a killer bait! For the everol 14/0

[Shark Hunter]

That's what I was thinking! Break out the #22 toothproof wire and the demon for that one!

[Tightlines667]

Holy C! 
It's funny how the truly monster fish just look different...I mean they look like twice as large as what you're minds eye envisioned a record fish would look like.  I remember almost dropping the gaff in the water when we pulled in a pair of 150lb + wahoo once...my brain just couldn't comprehend what my eyes were seeing, I mean it didn't seem possible.  Grander marlin and 1200lb+ sharks still have this affect on me.  Though an 850lb Mako or big Tiger seems normal (guess I've already seen alot of these).  I wonder how old that Cobia was?

[BMITCH]

I'm SURE they look just fine if YOU happen to be holding them up.

[Chris Gatorfan]

That was the Cobia that got snatched out of the back of my truck that I caught on my classic Zebco 33.

[AndrewC]

That would be like hanging onto a Cessna with a string.......Great effort

[Dominick]

I want to go on record that I am not happy at the fish being speared.  If it was caught on a fishing pole it should be released.  A diver can see the fish.  Why take such big fish?  It takes a lot of years for a fish to get that big.  I guess my point is that a diver can look at the fish see that it is big and has lived a lot of years so why spear it.  Dominick

[Shark Hunter]

I don't know Dominick. I just saw it on yahoo and posted it up. I went back to get some more pictures of it and it was gone. I know they said it beat the world record for spearing a Cobia by 30 or 40 pounds.
I guess that's why he did it. I'm like you , Catch and Release. Free the Fighter! Lets Have some Zin! Really!

[raumati01]

I'm with Dominick on this one, underwater footage of that behemoth swimming around would be far cooler than a kill shot.

[Newell Nut]

I also agree that the fish should not have been shot. I had no idea a cobia could get that big. A Fukushima fish of course.

[BMITCH]

Best yet would have been a catch and release. Very difficult to get scale with a photo in a natural enviro.

[broschro]

I want to go on record that I am not happy at the fish being speared.  If it was caught on a fishing pole it should be released.  A diver can see the fish.  Why take such big fish?  It takes a lot of years for a fish to get that big.  I guess my point is that a diver can look at the fish see that it is big and has lived a lot of years so why spear it.  Dominick

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[Dominick]

Daron, Daron what is that stuff you are drinking?  You don't think you are drinking Zin are you?  Aaaagh. Troglodyte.    Dominick