My 1st decent Ray in WA - Smooth Ray
She smoked me saturday morning at my fav beach spot and I decided to go back tonight for a 2nd round effort.
Saturday morning she levelled my rod with the beach and I was too slow getting the rod out of the steel rod holders - this time I was prepared. Send out a herring flap bait and within 20 min got stuck into it.
She made 4 runs - the second which was close to a 30mt - 40mt run. Slowly took my time to bring her - 30 min later she was on the beach. Took my shot and helped her back into the water. Must say she had a lotsa things to say as she was making weird noises like 'spitting and grunting' - when I turned her round to get back into the water.
Great session and a great fish.
Her width was 1.25mt and I estimate close to 30kg .
Every day at the Beach is a Good day!
fisherking
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Nice work mate, good effort.
Nice work mate, good effort.
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soupster51
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Ray
Great effort by the sounds of it. Takes some work to nurse them into the beach.
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Blue Whaler
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Thks Soupster, yea - with
Thks Soupster, yea - with these size rays you have to nurse them carefully. And applying too much drag will just snap the line. Bit of a tug of war, give and take situation.
Every day at the Beach is a Good day!
Sharktale
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That's the way!
Nice one! Had my rod levelled once - by about 10kg of weed coming in with a smashing wave - didn't go back for seconds though. Some massive rays swimming around. Good catch!
"I FISH, 'CAUSE THE VOICES TELLS ME TO...."
Blue Whaler
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Dont worry Sharktale - my 1st
Dont worry Sharktale - my 1st exp fishing with Ragbag and Kwazulu here in OZ was a total emabarressment for me - took both my rods and 20kg of seaweed - lost tackle, lost line - untill my brain kicked in how to work accross and over it and NOT too put it back in the rodholder, jst to work the 1 rod. Hate the seaweed as it can be very costly. Better yet - just avoid the beaches with sea weed. She was a tough one, had to give her slack every now and again, even more so tryiong to get her back, she's got a heavy a#ss.
Every day at the Beach is a Good day!
kwazulu
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Nice fish there John.
Nice fish there John.
Blue Whaler
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Thks Kwaz, we should get
Thks Kwaz, we should get together sometime.
Cheers
Every day at the Beach is a Good day!
cuthbad
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great work!
well done mate, congrats!
Chasing yesterdays fish rarely pays off for me but you made a plan and got revenge!
Just wondering, were you using steel trace or just heavy mono?
Blue Whaler
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Thanks Cuthbad, used 70cm of
Thanks Cuthbad, used 70cm of 85lb mono (.90mm) with 2 x daiichi 6 / 0 hooks - looking forward to summer using the steel traces.
Every day at the Beach is a Good day!
cuthbad
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Cheers good to know.
Cheers good to know. I figured mono would be ok but I always seem to end up using steel when chasing rays.
grantarctic1
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Nice one
Nice when a plan works, well done. Expecting big sharks this summer ?
Blue Whaler
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Ha Ha Grant - yea, dying to
Ha Ha Grant - yea, dying to use my steel traces - so really hoping for big nunu's this coming summer - just x 1 around the triple digit mark - I will be satsified.
Every day at the Beach is a Good day!
Jakeu420
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Hey blou walvis what beach is
Hey blou walvis what beach is this at if you dont mind, same beach as your gummy and pj??
Cheers.
scottland
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nice ray mate
got my first ray yesterday (eagle) spewing didnt get a photo as we were on sum rocks
i support two teams eagles and whoever is playing the dockers
Blue Whaler
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nice one scotland - those
nice one scotland - those eagles can give some show and at times with a sizer very challenging.
Every day at the Beach is a Good day!