Medium cob

[fedu]

My friend and marine outboard mechanic Mr. Fernando Manito R&S this saturday evening on Kissembo northern Angola.

Don't know the exact weight my guess is +40Kg

 

[Dillon]

WOW!!!!Thats a monster CONGRATS TO THE ANGLER!!!! I would say around +- 50kgs?...
WELL DONE!!!

 

[Boertjie]

What the length of the angler?

 

[Tsa]

NICE! I would say around 60kgs.

 

[fedu]

Mr. Manito is 1.68m tall and he says we was a bit buried in the sand with the weight of the cob

 

[Juiceless]

Great Catch

Based on his height about 50kg's

 

[J_Bay]

.......Speechless.......

 

[adam5016]

I can't see the angler, that's huge.

If angler is 1.68m, I would say that kob is at least a conservative 1.70m. Assuming its a silver kob that will give you around 50kg

 

[adam5016]

If its a dusky it will be a bit heavier

 

[fedu]

adam5016 wrote:

If its a dusky it will be a bit heavier

I think it's Argyrosomus hololepidotus

 

[patrys]

for a medium size i would like to know what a big one looks like. guess its about 60 -65kg mark.congrats to the angler.

 

[adam5016]

fedu wrote:

adam5016 wrote:

If its a dusky it will be a bit heavier

I think it's Argyrosomus hololepidotus

like a jewfish?

 

[fedu]

Southern Meagre !?!

http://books.google.it.ao/books?id=9DqUZ4kMOToC&pg=PA288&lpg=PA288&dq=Argyrosomus+hololepidotus&source=bl&ots=59WJnW3xwD&sig=ZQU9LTYUtPYx6qjSGA08MAZsF_k&hl=pt-PT&ei=7mNyTJ--J82TjAe4tIH7CA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CBwQ6AEwATg8#v=onepage&q=Argyrosomus%20hololepidotus&f=false

 

[Katonkel Tom]

45kgs, the 1 that Kopstamp got was 189cm and that weighed 50kgs!!

 

[Pargo Man]

"Southern Meagre" says the FAO species book on Angolan fisheries: 200cm max published weight 71 kgs at an age of 30 years... ( only problem: Fishbase says it's endemic to the indopacific! Argirosomus hololepidotus ) . Who cares: F.A.O. says it's that fish and it's of commercial importance in Angola:

http://www.angola-minpescas.com/home.aspx?tab=0&tab2=10

Manic Mechanic Manito's fish should have well 1,70 forklenght and he feeds the extended family 60kgs finest filets for at least a month.

Well: Manito's fish is anything but meagre! My profound congratulations!

 

[fedu]

My guess 45 KG.

 

[zeeQo]

38kg

 

[Pargo Man]

I revise my previous guess: if Albert ( 1,97 m ) holds a 32,2kgs in his hands here... Manito will be stemming a fish well 25% heavier, make that good 45 kgs.

 

[Pargo Man]

I found a Namibia source for a very comprehensive view on Cob.

http://www.cellstop.com.na/weather/kabeljou.html