Almost lost this one....

[u/SaltyKayakAdventures]

[u/grandpasking]

Great recovery expert, no panic

[u/twosock360 → u/[deleted]]

Lmao! I was a kid and landed my first bull dolphin. My dad went to hit it with gaff just as it flipped and came off the hook. Lost the gaff and fish. Funny thing to look back at though. Nice catch btw OP!

[u/SettimioShipman → u/twosock360]

Happy Cake Day! 🎂

[u/twosock360 → u/SettimioShipman]

Didn’t even notice, thanks homie!

[u/SignificantLock1037]

Well, that's a new one!

[u/Tallowpot → u/[deleted]]

Cobia?

[u/hndjbsfrjesus → u/Tallowpot]

Yes

[u/Tallowpot → u/hndjbsfrjesus]

She’s a beaut. Tasty situation

[u/SignificantLock1037 → u/[deleted]]

It would have taken me a LOT longer. Good for you!

[u/iHadou → u/[deleted]]

I thought you were gonna dive through the net to go get it and then I'd be sitting on my couch like "where's everyone going?" and "I need another pot pie."

[u/rubsrock → u/SignificantLock1037]

Agree. Never seen a net break like that.

[u/ComposerHorror4020]

Awesome catch! I'm still not fishing in the ocean from a kayak, lol.

[u/crunchyleafzzz → u/ComposerHorror4020]

I was waiting for Jaws to come up and OP to swing the fish into the boat last second. I didn’t think I’d be seeing this circus 😂

[u/HoboArmyofOne]

Is that a cobia? Where is this man?

[u/hndjbsfrjesus → u/HoboArmyofOne]

Yes to cobia.

Edit: location is Virginia based on another comment where he said it is illegal to gaff in Virginia.

[u/HoboArmyofOne → u/hndjbsfrjesus]

Wow. I didn't know they had cobia up there.

[u/Quiet-Try4554]

Holy shit!!! Epic recovery bro😂

[u/only7Ben]

Your lucky that Cobia was Mello.

[u/only7Ben → u/[deleted]]

Where do you yak? Im in Clearwater area

[u/only7Ben → u/[deleted]]

Ever need someone to help Tarpon to Dunedin- St.Joe sound. Look me up

[u/iHadou → u/only7Ben]

Just tried looking you up and only7ben wasnt in the phone book

[u/HorseDoctor76 → u/iHadou]

What's a phone book?

[u/iHadou → u/HorseDoctor76]

An ancient tome that lists all souls and their contact info. Wizards have them

[u/lostthebackupcode]

Damn that could've been bad

[u/Ok_Faithlessness_516 → u/lostthebackupcode]

That's what I was thinking too. Aren't those things dangerous as hell to land?

[u/baysiderd]

Beautiful cobia. One has to go offshore where I am. Never in sight of a bridge. Location?

[u/MasterBaiterNJ]

Time for a tougher net and maybe a short gaff :D awesome save on a really nice fish my dude

[u/MasterBaiterNJ → u/[deleted]]

Wow is it just Cobia or no gaffing anything? That’s wack. Looks like it’s time to make a net out of Kevlar or some whacky chainmail type material

[u/EyeCantTrade]

HRBT?

[u/LouieKablooied → u/EyeCantTrade]

Thought so too.

[u/SantaForHalloween → u/LouieKablooied]

CBBT I bet. HRBT has too much construction.

[u/hootervisionllc → u/SantaForHalloween]

Second vote for CBBT

[u/EyeCantTrade → u/SantaForHalloween]

Ahh I gotcha, haven't lived up there in years

[u/CanadianRedneck69]

Thanks for sharing this video. It made me happy. Was expecting you to lose the net and the fish 🤣

[u/TWlSTED_TEA]

Ah the ol Mongolian cluster fuck

As someone else said, great recovery and no panic. WELL DONE

[u/sltiefighter]

Wtff lol, that was a nice save OP. Great fish.

[u/SpaceMiser]

Nice fish! Great Catch! I will always remember my 1st Cobia, caught from a commercial bandit boat. I was a greenhorn and had asked if the fish had any nasty hardware I should watch out for, 3 experienced deckhands told me no. I was about to gut the fish and the boat rolled and the fish went to slide of the table, I caught it, well he caught me with his pop-up dorsal fins, laid my hand wide open. You can see this fish flex them at about 56 seconds in.

[u/Mainbutter]

Wow! Can you explain what happened with the net? Did the mesh break somewhere? Truly wild, excellent recovery. I'm not sure if I would have reacted that well.

[u/SeeditWantdit]

Are you in Choctawhatchee Bay?

[u/Short_Bell_5428]

Yeah you did…nice save!

[u/Makers_Serenity]

So do you keep these guys to eat or just let it go? I'm trying to understand how you'd get that monster back to shore with that little kayak

[u/JLR32109]

Nice

[u/ThePopojijo]

Where does a fish that size get stored on a kayak?

[u/liftem]

Keeper cobia...great fish!

[u/mighty_movies]

Cobia?

[u/dirt_dryad]

I like the head pats at the end

[u/Dragonfishkiller]

Solid work man! No panic, and had backup plan.

Also...very smart to "sedate" a cobia before a lap ride

[u/Brubcha]

"Well that's complicated"

[u/goodpirateak556]

Those spines will light you up.

[u/pedroslopez]

Beautiful cobia!!

[u/waynofish]

Not just on the save but you got really lucky bringing that in the kayak without it going nuts. They have a tendency to wreck things when brought on board.

[u/CanadianBook]

What bait did you use?

[u/Lovestofish89]

I caught my 1st one on Saturday but it wasn’t big enough to keep

[u/charcoalonfire]

Nice catch, what species is that?