Delaware Angler Reels in New State Record Cobia
by TBC Press on 09/13/18
DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife has confirmed a new state record in the Delaware Sport Fishing Tournament: a 79-pound, 6.4-ounce cobia, caught in the Atlantic Ocean on Aug. 10 by John Burbage of Ocean View. The fish was 56½ inches long and had a girth of 28¼ inches. Burbage was fishing alone about a mile and a half off the Bethany coast when he caught the record fish. He hooked the cobia by... READ MORE
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