The chocolate brown Cobia visits South Carolina estuaries and nearshore reefs during mid to late spring, spawning in the same coastal waters where they were born.
As of January 2017, recreational cobia fishing is closed in federal waters (more than 3 miles offshore). Catch and release is still allowed, but cobia may not be harvested. Closure is through December 2017 (at least).
Cobia Photo Courtesy of Capt Blair Willis – A Live One Fishing Charters – Hilton Head, SC