Long Point
Submitted by abandon on Sun, 2007-10-21 23:54
My beach rod had this fella on there.
Ray shark or Shark ray? Or some other name?
So that was our night, we only kept the whiting. We were there for a few hours and the whole time there were convoys of cobbler swimming by in the shallows near our feet.
Was great to see such a variety at a metro beach :)
Mike
Went down to Long Point with a mate tonight to see if there were any tailor about. It looked promising when the first fish pulled in was a smallish tailor of about 25cm, but it ended up being the only one caught all night.
We did catch a variety of fish though. After the tailor it was a 27cm sand whiting, which went for the baitcasted mulie on gangs. I thought whiting were usually timid biters...
Next thing we reeled in was a small tarwhine, again on unweighted mulies. It's the first one I've caught in a while, and they are one of my favourite fish to catch, they can put up quite a struggle for their size.
A couple of herring later we decided to call it a night, checked our larger rods, and both had something on. My mate Brendan ended up getting this fella in on 8lb line with a bit of finessing and walking down the beach. Are these called Eagle Rays? The barb is at the base of the tail, which I can't see being of much use to them...
We did catch a variety of fish though. After the tailor it was a 27cm sand whiting, which went for the baitcasted mulie on gangs. I thought whiting were usually timid biters...
Next thing we reeled in was a small tarwhine, again on unweighted mulies. It's the first one I've caught in a while, and they are one of my favourite fish to catch, they can put up quite a struggle for their size.
A couple of herring later we decided to call it a night, checked our larger rods, and both had something on. My mate Brendan ended up getting this fella in on 8lb line with a bit of finessing and walking down the beach. Are these called Eagle Rays? The barb is at the base of the tail, which I can't see being of much use to them...
My beach rod had this fella on there.
Ray shark or Shark ray? Or some other name?
So that was our night, we only kept the whiting. We were there for a few hours and the whole time there were convoys of cobbler swimming by in the shallows near our feet.
Was great to see such a variety at a metro beach :)
Mike
rickets
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nice work, atleast it keeps
nice work, atleast it keeps ya outta trouble :P
SPESS
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Yeah good report mate. Its a
Yeah good report mate. Its a bit hard to see but id call the first to be a eagle ray and the second to be a banjo. Well done all the same.
Keep it tight, reeeeeeel tight!
jangles
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Cool stuff boys! Never hurts
My reels screaming zzzzzzz.... awwww damn it, its another boat!
All the best for the future fishing trips.
Cheers.... Jangles
milsey
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are they the same as fiddler
are they the same as fiddler rays because they look identical
SPESS
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Date Joined: 29/12/06
The pics a bit dark to tell
The pics a bit dark to tell from my end but they do look alike except banjos have stripy markings more promedent. I could be either mate. There was some great ones caught the last time we went to flatrock (north of tworocks) with sherbert. Have a look in his photo and you will see what they look like in the flesh. Hope that helps.
Keep it tight, reeeeeeel tight!