how to avoid sting rays
Submitted by sickkkkkk on Mon, 2013-04-01 11:55
hey guys,
i am starting to get rather frustrated with my rate of stingray hook ups of late, just wondering whether there is anything i can do to avoid them, i know about ballooning. but was interested in a casting method.
thanks jay
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snapper
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sting rays
My last 3 fish on balloons have been big sting rays !!!
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TheJettyRat
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What rig are you useing and
What rig are you useing and where are you fishing from and what are you targeting ?
sickkkkkk
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rocks or beach
i normally have 2 rods out, one with 60lb fluro. and the other other with 120lb wire. i try to target mulloway and snapper on the fluro, and sharks on the wireI use about a 1m of leader to a swivel, then a running sinker on clip. as i find this is the best way to get my bait out the furtherest.
Dale
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When I was a kid we used
When I was a kid we used have a cork just above our hooks to float the bait up off the bottom. Worked ok too.
cheers
Dale
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Formerathlete
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Had corks taped to gangs on
Had corks taped to gangs on sunday night and no rays turned up... no other fish either. Then yesterday morning an Eagle Ray grabbed a live herring under a baloon. Go figure.
Off Dhuty
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Seen this happen a heap of
Seen this happen a heap of times.
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catchalittle
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When I used to target
When I used to target mulloway and snapper from land the rig I used to use was as follows leader attached to a three way swivel the bottom swivel link had a 30cm of trace then sinker attached to it and the side swivel link had about a 60 centermetre of trace that had a snelled or live bait hook never seemed to have any hassels with stingrays used to catch plenty of mulloway with this rig if you want to give it a try
Nathan