Rottnest eagle ray

 I went fishing at rottnest for the first time and landed this small eagle ray. Measured from end of tail to head was 1m and 5cm. Its was caught on my stradic on a butterfish with no tail.

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 nice one young fella, bet it

Tue, 2014-01-28 09:37

 nice one young fella, bet it pulled some string.

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thanks it was a good fight

Tue, 2014-01-28 09:39

thanks it was a good fight

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the marlin of the ray world

Tue, 2014-01-28 09:53

Good work fella.

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 thanks

Tue, 2014-01-28 09:55

 thanks

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Hard fight

Tue, 2014-01-28 09:58

 You will have had good fun no doubt, they pull hard even at that size, well done.

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 thankyou

Tue, 2014-01-28 10:17

 thankyou

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Nice work.

Tue, 2014-01-28 10:42

 Look forward to more happy snaps. Tight lines.

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Nice catch

Tue, 2014-01-28 10:50

Nice catch, well done.

 

Hope the stubby in the background isnt yours!

Cheers,

BD

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 hows the stoked smile!See if

Tue, 2014-01-28 11:31

 hows the stoked smile!

See if you can get around to Parker Point, theres heaps swimming around in the anchorage, great snorkel!

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 thanks alot or all the

Tue, 2014-01-28 13:38

 thanks alot or all the replys

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Awesome capture. You've done

Tue, 2014-01-28 15:05

Awesome capture. You've done well to land it with so many mooring lines in the vicinity.

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 nice catch bcf matey 

Tue, 2014-01-28 21:41

 nice catch bcf matey

 

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Nice Catch

Wed, 2014-01-29 09:20

 Also landed a 1.5 meter banjo shark off there six mounths ago.

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do they get that big karl

Wed, 2014-01-29 09:25

do they get that big?

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It took a few months

Wed, 2014-01-29 09:26

 Yes matthew baimontie it took me a few months but i finally landed it.