fish
Cobia
Rachycentron canadum
- Identify
- Long, dark brown, flat head; often mistaken for a shark.
- Typical size
- 30–50 lb
- Where
- Open Gulf, around structure and rays
- Scientific
- Rachycentron canadum
In the book
A tournament category at Port of the Everglades.
Appears in
Swims with
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Tarpon ('silver king') The trophy fish of South Florida and the tournament's main event. Old Scarface. Rose's 68-inch, 81-pound… Ch. 1Ch. 2Ch. 7Ch. 8 +3 -
Spotted seatrout 'Grass bed fishing meant trout.' Three keepers on the first client trip; Dave's trout off Little Pavilion Key. Ch. 2Ch. 3Ch. 7Ch. 16 +1 -
Mangrove (gray) snapper Dave's 22-incher; the snapper bonanza at the river mouth ('leave that snapper in the water, it'll attract… Ch. 2Ch. 3Ch. 7Ch. 13 +2 -
Black drum The 'single black drum, which were hard to find these days' in the Rabbit Key cooler. A tournament category. Ch. 7Ch. 20