Finally, at last, we finally got a keeper cobia. My friend Rick and I left from my dock at about 6:30 this morning. We had plans to head to Chesapeake Beach for a cobia fishing day. I have been there many times and it does hold a lot of cobia. Today was not an exception. We ended with 3 in the boat but only one that was legal size.
I don’t remember ever catching this many shorts in a season. Maybe that is just luck but for the most part of my cobia career they have been at 40 or over (up to 55 my largest). We still caught our share of shorts today but thankfully got one for dinner.
It was a tough day of fishing. We chummed the anchor for most of the day. What I mean by that is the tide was incoming and the wind outgoing. So the chum the baits the lines and everything was running towards the front of the boat. In those conditions the boat is really never settled on where it wants to be so you have to keep setting the lines to keep them from tangling.
Another fun thing (not) about it is the fish seems to always go toward the anchor. I don’t remember hooking anything that did not get tied in the anchor. Both shorts got in the anchor as well as a few good runs that broke the line in the anchor and ultimately the one we got to keep was also wrapped around the anchor.
The waves were about 2-3 this morning and as soon as the tide turned it layed right down but of course that is when we needed to leave. Anyway a great day of fishing and I think Rick was happy with his catch.
We released the 39 and the 25 inch to fight another day, both thankfully were in good shape when the left the boat.
July 11, 2022
| High | Low | Average | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Temperature | 81.6 °F | 65.2 °F | 73.3 °F |
| Dew Point | 67.5 °F | 56.7 °F | 63.8 °F |
| Humidity | 93 % | 45 % | 74 % |
| Precipitation | 0.00 in | — | — |
| High | Low | Average | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wind Speed | 11.6 mph | 0.0 mph | 3.0 mph |
| Wind Gust | 13.2 mph | — | 3.8 mph |
| Wind Direction | — | — | NE |
| Pressure | 30.63 in | 30.57 in | — |
Best fishing times for Great Wicomico River Light today Today is an average fishing day
Major fishing times
From 5:09am to 7:09am
Opposing lunar transit (moon down)
From 5:47pm to 7:47pm
Lunar Transit (moon up)
Minor fishing times
From 2:44am to 3:44am
Moonset
From 6:17pm to 7:17pm
Moonrise
