Cobia can be caught all year along the Treasure Coast, but we get two consistent runs: Valentine's day through mid-March, and June-July. The winter run produces the largest fish on average, but the summer run can yield fish over 80 pounds, and most of the summer fishing takes place along the beaches in less than 20 feet of water. A great fighting fish that's also good to eat, cobia are a schooling fish that often can be found dogging stingrays, whale sharks and turtles, or simply swimming along on the surface. They eat everything from squid to shrimp, baitfish and even eels, which makes them easy to target with spinning, plug or fly tackle. My favorite way to target cobia is with fly tackle and large poppers, although chartreuse colored jigs or Bass Assassin 5-inch swimbaits are also deadly on these fish. The average cobia is between 20-30 pounds, but fish over 50 pounds are common. There is a period during the summer months when cobia can be found along the beaches in great numbers, and the day is spent running from one school to the next, catching fish until the angler gets tired. In Florida waters there is a one fish per angler bag limit and 33-inch to the fork in the tail minimum size limit on Cobia.