$20,000 Fish Going Extinct...Catch Clean & Cook Cobia 

This was a very special video for me to create and I hope that shows in the final product. What do you all think about the state of this fishery? I'm open to all comments and criticisms 👇

Take chewed up Gulp baits and keep them in the Gulp juice bag and when you need pinfish just cut tiny pieces off the old Gulp and put it on your small goldie hook or sabiki rig and reel em up 4 or more at a time. Works like a charm. 👍🏻

Very proud to see other RU-vidrs talking about conserving our gamefish. Thanks for doing what you do Ryan! My first cobia ever was around 50lbs and I sight fished it in about 3 feet of water off a manatee while fishing for redfish / speckled trout 😂🙌🏽

WoW! Thanks for another great video Ryan! You know this was special to me as well. I'm the guy who commented in the last video you caught a Cobia in. I'll refresh your memory. In 1985 I was fishing from the Commercial Blvd. Pier in Ft Lauderdale, when a Manta Ray that was so big it had to fold its wings up to fit between the pilings, a bunch of kids on the pier started yelling "Cobia Cobia" one of them cast a lure to it, and landed a 40lb Cobia! I was 23 yrs old back then, living in my 1st apartment @ 51st and Bayview. I'd love 2 sea some kind of stocking program for Cobia. When you guys saw that Manta Ray, I had a flashback to being on that pier!.....jimi

Man we normally fish the 26’ and under in Boshamps but didn’t this year. That’s epic that you came to our area to fish the tournament. It’s crazy that one fish that met the weight requirement one it all. I doubt they do the tourney next year. And your captain is 100% correct since the oil spill the cobia fishing hasn’t been the same here.

Definitely one of my favorite channels, very well done and every episode feels like a documentary 🇺🇸🇺🇸

Glad you came to our Panhandle of Florida Ryan. I fish Okaloosa Island pier and Navarre Pier religiously. Cobia fishing means the world to us over here. Tarpon is right after that. Come on over here in mid June and join us for some Tarpon fishing off the pier. Great video, thank you!

Another great video, Ryan. You're on a creative roll. Congrats on catching a couple of fish during those three days, because you were fishing in a watery desert. I moved up to Navarre, FL from Palm Beach County six years ago with high hopes of experiencing this region's legendary cobia spring migration. Every year since, I've seen fewer and fewer cobia caught off the Navarre Beach Pier each season until it hit rock bottom in 2023. I fished nearly every day from mid-March through the end of April and saw only four fish caught during that six-week period. That's so disheartening. I heard only two fish were weighed in during the Boshamps' tournament you fished and for 31 boats, that says it all. Clearly, the migration pattern here in the Florida Panhandle has changed for some reason, since there are plenty of fish being seen and caught elsewhere. Do I think the species has been over-fished -- absolutely! Will the cobia fishery here ever return to a decent level, who knows. The striped bass and bluefish migrations up in New England are known for their peaks and valleys. Maybe that's what the Panhandle is going through. Only time will tell.

Ryan I want to thank you for your educational teaching. I appreciate your love for conservation. Keep going

GREAT VID. HI CRISTAL!!LOOKING FORWARD TO MORE GREAT VIDS AND YES!!!!!!

Great trip with a hulluva crew! Great meeting you ryan, glad you were able to take a trip on the fever reliever. ☺️

Great vid, showed the fishing process and also included info about the Cobia stocks and current population. The best way to keep these fish around is for people to be informed about what’s going on and possible solutions to help in the future. I love the mix between fun and facts great work 10/10😁

Love how the fish is going extinct and you still killed it and ate it

Nice video.... Looking forward to your next video with Vic and Brook!,,Thanks for bringing me along!

Your plate looked way better Ryan! And yes, team tomato. Dude the grind was real 🥵. Well done sir! I am unable to speak intelligently about cobia. I have never boated a keeper. It’s on my bucket list. Six pounds short but… the team fought well. Awesome video! Kind of a reality check. I can’t wait to see what happens in Panama! I’ve been patiently waiting for a post. Stay safe out there brother. PS. Hanging with Vic, your plating skills are getting better.

"This video is an epitome of brilliance, it's absolutely mesmerizing!"

Good video bud. Love that you explain the fishery in detail to people to understand the fish better and how you target them.

Loved the video Ryan, but I have two questions. Don’t you have to use circle hooks in florida with live (natural) bait? And what are they doing gaffing a fish that’s 1 inch away from legal. What if it was under?

Okay I’m 15 minutes in after the catch and I’m into it. The narration is very good and the information I appreciate. Okay pause off and here we go Ryan.

That charter captain seems like a really laid back and cool guy.

Destin is my Hometown, bro! I absolutely remember the Cobia "golden" days. Hopefully my daughter will get to experience a fishery that I once did. Make Cobia great again! Lol I love your content and look forward to meeting you in the future 🤙

So glad to see our Panhandle getting some great videos lately. Congrats to everyone involved

Christina puts a grain of rice on plate. Comments: Christina's plate looked better than Ryan's!

Well at least you had 3 days of fun fishing. I was hoping this video was going to be the winner of the tournament. Oh well. Can't win all the time. Thanks for the video. 🤜🌟🤛🐟🐋🎣🐠

Hey Brother to Brother, Men of God. This is a 🆕 day and a different way of living. Much Love as I know that you will understand. God bless you, your family and friends, and may us all have a wonderful blessed weekend. ❤🙏

Oil spill definitely played a role but everyone keeping breeder cobia that are 50 pounds plus is gonna hurt. Slot size would be nice for cobia. Traveling to Hawaii they usually just keep the babies and let the big breeders go to keep populations high.

Great video Ryan! You had 2 beautiful fish caught. Way to go. I’ve said before that you may want to shorten your videos so you could post 2 shorter ones, but this one meant so much to you personally, that I understood the length. Great job! The tacos + that you made with Christina looked delicious and I’m sure your plate looked and likely tasted better with the colour & acidity of the tomatoes. Thanks for sharing, especially a very personal interest of yours. Keep them coming!

Awesome video! I had a trip booked with finao in the Chesapeake area a few years ago that had to be cancelled due to an offshore hurricane that fish is still on my bucket list!

The moritorium makes sense,18 months,and the farming thing and restocking idea is insanely a great approach

I’m from Destin and king fishing used to be amazing. I live in VA beach it is amazing here. I’m moving to Melbourne in July and I’m going to miss the fishing here but I’m excited about the new adventure down there. Hope to see you on the water. Cheers!!!!

You have great content man .I love the edits and cinematic quality to your intros. Makes me want to fish brother thanks great job.👍

Being a gulf coast native it’s cool seeing the waters I grew up on being showcased!

Nice video. I live in the Pensacola area and for the past few years have been catching cobia in the 36” to 48” range on various wrecks 8 to 10 miles offshore - late April to late May. We will typically fishing with live cigar minnows or hardtails on a flatline while using a virtual anchor in 75 to 100 foot of water. These wrecks hold a lot of bait sized fish which bring in the cobia. Unfortunately you have to fight off the AJs, red snapper and sharks as well.

The vibe of you narrating and the music in the beginning reminded me of Happy Gilmore🤣

I drive 3hrs every weekend just about to fish the beautiful carolina coast. Cobia are a rarity, ive only seen one caught near me. and ive never gotten one to hit my lure, thats awesome!

Nice, Ryan.The large Cobia I have caught went nuts at the surface. Cobia rock! Regards from N.Palm Beach!

Congratulations on pulling that Cobia fish , Ryan . It's marvelous seeing one since I've never heard or seen one up until you caught it . Thank you Ryan for sharing your experience with us .

*makes a video talking about the declining population* *also keeps both of the fish caught*

Stoked you could get over here to Pensacola boss man! Absolutely love Cobia fishing, heard so many stories of the good ole days and hopefully one day will be able to experience it like it was back in the day!

use an ice cream scooper for the rice if you like a nicer presentation or a small bowl to mold

"The Cobia seem to travel with the bullshark." As a spearfisherman in Florida, I can confirm this. Whenever I spot a Cobia while spearfishing, I immediately start to look around for bull sharks in the area and am more careful.

When I had my offshore boat we put about 450#s of cobia and we didn’t harvest any fish under 40”and never went over limits. We fished once or twice a week frog the season. That was 2021 off the coast of Georgia

another banger, ryan. cant wait to get on some cobia this summer myself out here in southeast tx 🤙

That was an amazing video!! ❤ A great channel. And cooking and eating is always 👌 🔥 😋

Dude your videos are so well put together, thanks for the great content

Crystal clear drone shots look great! What kind of drone??

this energy is what i expect!!!!

Your plate looks Awesome my man! Your's wins. 👍 I use to Gate tomatoes, now i like, when just some diced pcs added to a dish such as tacos, but still can't handle just eating tomatoes by themselves if uncooked.

Really bad cold freeze south plus the red tide develops from the Mississippi River cold fronts push it down up against the Florida coast . If there migrating east to west dead zones will affect that .

I knew I saw y’all! I was filming a video inshore when y’all were headed out the pass, I told my friend I think that’s Ryan Morie 😂

Pretty sure we passed you guys at the Pass. Cobia fishing has been slower in the past 4-5 years that I have been involved in the fishery. Never heard the BP theory... I personally think its overfishing and the increases regulations are a good thing.

Almost everything along the East Coast spends time in Chesapeake Bay, and there's always a few who manage to hang out all year; despite the damage done by big business.

At 17:15 seems to highlight need to bleed and iki jime them. I purchased a $6ish ice pick anvil pommel ice pick and had some 1mm (. 8 to 1.2mm good I think) nitinol wire. Cheap and best thing you can do for fish to eat

Definitely a different definition of Mudshark than I've ever heard 🤣

Biggest issue with farmed fish or stocked fish is the inbreeding it causes, if you look at stocked trout populations they’re seriously deformed. A few year hold off on keeping them could be a solid solution though

I live in Navarre and fish the piers on the regular. I think I need to take a charter and see what I can get tight on this summer after watching this video.

Team Tomato’s. Ryan won this round Cz we didn’t really get to see Christina’s Cz she ate it too quick 😁 I would’ve done the same Cz the food’s looked phenomenal guys!!! Y’all please keep the videos coming

Heyyy my home I live in Pensacola love that pier learned how to fish in it caught my first pompano on it 😁 my dad runs a fishing company here called Pensacola Salt Water Guides

ayo im a pensacola native bro cool to see you fishin here

Just found you subscribed way underrated

Cool adventure!!!

I remember when I was a kid in the late 60s befottr Camile I went out of Biloxi in the Mississippi sound we came up on a shrimp boat that crew was sleeping because they shrimp all night we gave the captain some beer and tied up and about 50 to 70 feet down three was a bunch of Ling swimming around the boat and we tore them up that was the first time fishing in the gulf

Years past that winning fish would have never placed. It’s getting bad. Everybody talks about how bad it is in Destin but we still go out and harvest them. The best thing would be to shut down cobia for 3-5 years.

Go to Crystal river there catching 80+ pounders in 1-2 foot of water

Congratulations, you are a great successful fisherman. I loved the video.👍🎣🥰 Your fishing gear is fantastic. Hug!!!

Prayers for Robert.

there have been a few big ones in Okaloosa pier

did you check and make sure the winning team didnt add a few sinkers in the stomach of their fish? it has happend before.

Well it was a close one Ryan go back the next time I think you all can win good job

A lings two favorite foods are small live blue crabs. Nip points off shell. And second they consider Crack is small hard heads or saltwater catfish with spines nipped off. In my 45 yrs of offshore fishing they have never once not taken one of these two baits.

Love tomatos!!!! And cilantro!!!

Is this Fish taken by Commercial Fisherman in the Gulf ? Thank You great video

Beautiful fishing spot , lovely fishing dude l❤v frm India

I'm with Christina on the raw tomato, I love tomatoes cooked but Heinz ketchup is best especially when cooked

Up here in Long Island NY we see Cobia in the summer

the man in the brown suit my #1 really a fun catch in the Va waters

a sailfish inshore is so cool

😢. Well regardless of the $$. And trophies,, thanks for the well thought out info for everyone. And the groceries looked delicious. Sad there’s no smellavision or better yet-bite thru the screen hahaha.

I've seen some people remove the head off the Cobia to make it easier to fillet

Hey Ryan, fan of the channel enjoy the videos wondering if you can do a bait breakdown on what do you use? Like those big poppers? Any thing else thanks 🙏

I feel like it’s the deadly duo It’s over fishing them. And the oil spill. I’ve never seen someone catch a cobia and throw it back. I feel amazing releasing my 38lb cobia. So thankful. My friends were pissed all I said I caught the fish I get to choose what to do with it and let it swim away because I know they’re numbers are hurt. I can eat some mangrove snappers in the mean time. They’re everywhere

Big fish

Woww..that’s huge mate

I'm with Christina. I totally dislike tomato's. Great video would like to try a 🌮

Great video very educating

I'm not as big of a fan of the typical diced tomatoes in restaurants, but I thought that those (I wasn't sure if those were Everglades tomatoes or not) were way better. I definitely liked your plating better, Ryan. And that was disappointing to see that your Cobia came up a few pounds short.

Cobra are really great eating. Yeah they are that good. ❤

Ok so you boat against the current to catch these babies....GOT IT!

Nice video

Awesome fish man

Dumb question, but why do I see folks hook up with fish like this cobia or mahi and continue moving under power? I'm sure there is a good reason, I just don't know what it is! Thanks! (Also, awesome video!)

why do they keep the boat driving forward when your on a fish? don't this create more drag weight and risk of losing the fish?

And the boat used about 1500 in fuel for 300 in fish. How does that make sense?

What rod you where using? And line ? Thank you

🤘tomato every time

Did you guys bleed the cobias before putting on ice?

Ryan come here to Indonesia, Fishing in the Indonesian sea "Raja Ampat"

What kind of sunglasses are those they look pretty cool

nice episode, i was thinking about when your next video was coming. Question, why dont you guys just keep a cheap scale on the boat, like the Rapala or Berkley ones?, just to get an idea?

What type of spinning reel are you using???