Pending junior world record cobia caught in Chesapeake Bay
 

We might call it a ling or a lemonfish, but I would definitely call this thing HUGE, whether you're 7 or 77 years old!


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Grafton VA – VBSF wishs 7 year old Brandon Drewry a big congratulation on landing New Pending World Record Cobia. Brandon was fishing the Chesapeake Bay last weekend.

Dr Ken Neill was called to Grafton Fishing Supply to verify the catch. At 79-pounds Brandon’s cobia catch beats the current Small-Fry World Record by a half pound. The current record holder, Ken Braddy, who was there to help weigh the fish.

The paper work is being filled out for a new record application which should result in a new world record cobia.


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Saw one that big last weekend.

I had one like that trying to eat my snapper everytime we would bring one up one time. Never could get him to take a hook though

Monster fish

Mother Sucker! That tang is huge!

monster cobia !

is this an all time world record or just a junior world record? I thought I saw larger cobia...

Congrats on the cob lil dude....fish of a life time!!!!!

Its just a junior world record...its "only" a 79 lb cobia. But can you imagine a 7 year old actually pulling in a 79 lber all by himself?

found this site off google and saw this article on my son. and yes its "just" a 79lb cobia.. and its "just" gonna be a IGFA small fry world record if all the paperwork is approved. this was his 4th time going cobia fishing and only his 3rd cobia he has caught. we were sight fishing when i saw this cobia and we caught him on a live eel and the fight only lasted about 5min. once the fish was hooked he swam right to the boat then around the bow then down the side of the boat and was gaffed and brought aboard by my buddy. we thought it was about a 50-55lb fish til she was in the boat and we knew she was close to 80lbs.. here are a few more pics

Tell your son we said congratulations!!!!!!!!

i defenitly will let him know, im sure he will want to see the post and pics. every time he see's the pics and an story he laughs and gets excited. he doesnt fully know whats going on except that he caught a big fish and will get a citation plaque like the one's that i have.. if apporoved by the igfa we will have the fish mounted for him to go with all the pics and paperwork and plaques and newspaper articles

That's awesome. Congrats to your little buddy!!

once in a lifetime there congrats dad!

awesome story and congrats on the fish! We had a similar experience once. Hooked about a 50 lb fish that had a twin swimming right beside her on the surface. Hooked the second fish and she swam right to the boat. Gaffed it before it knew it was hooked. The other lemon took about 30 minutes to get in.

congrats to the kid!!! thats awesome

Congrats to the little fella !!!!

Nobody welcomed him!!!! Welcome aboard!!!!!! Y'all wanted east side well here it is! Can't get much farther east than Va coast!!!!! ;)

thanks everyone.. i was browsing on google and found my sons name happen to find it was this thread and i registered and have been browsing the forum all morning. the website i normally get on is www.tidalfish.com if anyone is interested to check it out. Hopefully i can get some more reports for you guys here and there.. me and my son are avid fisherman and deer hunters so i would imagine we can post something good. He is also a heck of a baseball player when we arent in the woods or on the water

Welcome to the site and enjoy! Sounds like you've got yourself a fine young man!

Welcome to the site!!

My apologies. I did not mean to minimize the size of the fish nor the accomplishment of your son. I sincerely think its an awesome catch for anyone, especially a 7 yo.

I should have chosen my words better. Just was wondering if it was an all time record AND a junior record or only a junior record.

Welcome and tell your son congratulations. That's a helluva fish!!

Welcome. A huge congrats to your son.

Awesome fish! Congrats!

Tell Brandon I said CONGRATS!! Absolutely incredible catch for anyone, especially a 7 year old. :dance::dance:

And nice job dad, glad you stopped by!

thanks again everyone and i told Brandon congrats from all you guys... well the paperwork(IGFA application) was sent off on tuesday and arrived today, so now its the waiting game to see what they say.. soon as i hear something i will let you all know the outcome.. til then we will be trying to catch another big cobia or anything else that we can come across