Friday
Aug202010
August Slab of the Month: Cobia
Friday, August 20, 2010 at 12:00AM 
Scientific Anglers, Pete F., was out recently test driving some Sharksin Mag Tropic near Stuart Florida. Looks like it was worth it...
tagged cobia, slab of the month in Contests
cobia, slab of the month in Contests
Reader Comments (9)
I think that Slab of the Month entries should showcase proper fish handling tactics and information of whether the fish was released or kept.
Seconded. I further think that SOMs should have a decent photograph.
I'm guessing from the state of the cobia that it is now appearing at a grill somewhere in Stuart, FL.
Would you really not vote on an excellent fish if it wasn't handled according to your snobbish standards? Sometimes I hate this sport.
Cobia will poke you and are delicious so I would have to say that he is holding it correctly. Definitely slabworthy!!
I do not think that they are "snobbish standards. They are just standards that should be upheld. If you sometimes "hate this sport" then maybe you should do something else. I grew up fishing salt water and not with a fly rod but we never used fish holders and if the fish started bleeding we did not release it. I am not arguing that this fish isn't big, but if we are going to have SOTM there should be standards that are upheld. This is not even a good photo. Not worthy in my mind.
@ranier fisher
I completely agree with you.
Ditto to Rainier Fish. Let's at least see if somone on the boat knows how to take a photo period, this was likely their 4th or 5th attempt after shooting it backwards first and capturing a blurry macro shot of their eye...
Look at the stats for SOTM.......haha!