did it stop and lay much or was it all up and go...hows your back and arms feeling...I struggle with rays half that size might have to change your nic to the "Rayman"
Yea man he pulled the typical ray moves once in close. At one point we saw him swimming parallel to the beach maybe 15m out, all of a sudden he stopped and almost instantly it looked like it had shrunk to half its size, all but the head was berried in sand. Amazing how quick they can do it.
Mate that is great and good to see you finally get your arms streached for all the effort you put in. Next hopefully we will see a nice pic of a big LB shark capture well done again that is awsome
mate after bringing that thing in there is no way I could have held my rod up long enough to swim it back out lol. Have a swim bait rig made up now, plan on trying with a slightly smaller model of ray or one of those pup bronzies that are just everywhere atm
This is gonna be hard to believe, hell I wouldnt believe it if I hadnt have been there, but I just got an ass whoopin from a MUCH bigger ray! I would say 200kg plus kinda stuff. One hour and forty mins later after almost being spooled I had him back to about 150m out, and then he sat.... I was gaining back cm by cm before I fucked up, put too much pressure and my cats paw to the windon failed. Human error, no one to blame except me and my lack of patience. Also, perhaps my ability to tie the cats paw as this should be a high percentage join?
lol mate ive hooked into a couple at lano jetty that destroyed me in minutes .... plenty of monster rays around. Hooking them is easy, landing em is the problem.
cuthbad
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Gear: Loomis sharkey, Torium
Gear: Loomis sharkey, Torium 30, 50lb line with braid backing.
Bait: Live herring on non-return slide
Size: aprox 175cm wing span; weight est 120kg
Report: The Sharkey finally gets a workout: PB smooth ray
Cheers
John_M
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********* massive haha. Nice
********* massive haha. Nice one man, you get this tonight? I just got back from ammo dump, got nice gummy and some other stuff
cudbfishn
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Fark thats huge.
Fark thats huge.
PilbaraBrad
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That is Huge, good going to
That is Huge, good going to land that thing mate
scotto
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agreed.
that thing looks bigger than the rug on my living room floor.
nice work
kempy
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bloody rippa of a ray to land
bloody rippa of a ray to land
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chris raff
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Awesome Ray...be like turning a freight train
did it stop and lay much or was it all up and go...hows your back and arms feeling...I struggle with rays half that size might have to change your nic to the "Rayman"
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cuthbad
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Yea man he pulled the typical
Yea man he pulled the typical ray moves once in close. At one point we saw him swimming parallel to the beach maybe 15m out, all of a sudden he stopped and almost instantly it looked like it had shrunk to half its size, all but the head was berried in sand. Amazing how quick they can do it.
till
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Geez, thats going to take
Geez, thats going to take some beating!
DieHard
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OH MY GOD ADAM!you are
OH MY GOD ADAM!
you are deffinately the Loomis and Fanklin Representative around here ;)
was that caugth at normal spot?
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abeldog
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Who Ray
that's the biggest I have seen landed.
Well done
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Ben Derecki
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That's a monster mate, great
That's a monster mate, great fishing!
GrahamM
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Mate that is great and good
Mate that is great and good to see you finally get your arms streached for all the effort you put in. Next hopefully we will see a nice pic of a big LB shark capture well done again that is awsome
mallesh
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Date Joined: 18/11/10
Well done Adam,Thats one big
Well done Adam,
Thats one big ray mate. This beast looks very gentle.
Did you have any problem releasing it back?
MAN IT IS UNREAL. can't beleive my eyes.
Good luck with your big LB shark.
Cheers!!!
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JakeB
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Date Joined: 12/12/09
Welldone mate! Good effort to
Welldone mate! Good effort to get him moving off the bottom for sure.
alfred
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That is a big ray!
That is a big ray!
aalfred
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Well done Adam!Good to see
Well done Adam!
Good to see you finally got a big one in Perth LB.
Tony Halliday
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nice big flying carpet you
nice big flying carpet you got there mate.
Good to see it going back in and fighting another day
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TonyT
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that is an absolute beast ,
that is an absolute beast , good effort matey.
cuthbad
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thanks guys, certainly
thanks guys, certainly feeling it this morning lol
Silk200611
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That's a bloody big Ray..
That's a bloody big Ray.. Would of pulled like a freight train...
Top catch,Did he go back all good?
Call me Brad as that's my name..
Pob
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Excellant ray, mate! Have to
Excellant ray, mate! Have to sort out another shark bash before long!
Ryan C
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off the chain!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AWESOME BEAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!that thing is a monster!!! well done mate
Zikoux
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well done man... never saw
well done man... never saw one that big
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soupster51
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Congrats
Great capture and top picture.
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sherbert
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A great fish m8
Put it in the sunday times, Something to show the grankids in years to come
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cuthbad
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thanks sherbs, Im thinking of
thanks sherbs, Im thinking of sending in a pic in a couple of weeks. Let that story about stumpy die down first....
Markie
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massssssssssssssssiveeeeeee
massssssssssssssssiveeeeeee well done on gettin him in
grayzeee
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thats a frikken submarine!you
thats a frikken submarine!
you could mount a saddle on that and ride !
If I spent half as long fishing , as I do reading this bloody forum , I'd be twice the fisherman I am.
spanishmackeral
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thats huuuuuuuge how close
thats huuuuuuuge how close did it get to spooling ya?
cuthbad
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I reckon at the lowest point
I reckon at the lowest point I still had like 175m left. reel holds a bit over 550m so had the capacity to let it have its runs
RAGBAG
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Nice Flat Fish
Well done mate , how long did the fight last .... ?
That would of been the perfect swim bait for that tiger that was here a few wks back
cuthbad
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Thanks man, was about an hour
Thanks man, was about an hour n a half.
mate after bringing that thing in there is no way I could have held my rod up long enough to swim it back out lol. Have a swim bait rig made up now, plan on trying with a slightly smaller model of ray or one of those pup bronzies that are just everywhere atm
cuthbad
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Date Joined: 22/04/09
This is gonna be hard to
This is gonna be hard to believe, hell I wouldnt believe it if I hadnt have been there, but I just got an ass whoopin from a MUCH bigger ray! I would say 200kg plus kinda stuff. One hour and forty mins later after almost being spooled I had him back to about 150m out, and then he sat.... I was gaining back cm by cm before I fucked up, put too much pressure and my cats paw to the windon failed. Human error, no one to blame except me and my lack of patience. Also, perhaps my ability to tie the cats paw as this should be a high percentage join?
A very humbling experience.......
cudbfishn
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Far out man. Gotta call you
Far out man. Gotta call you the ray king. lol
mulloway_hunter
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haha yea think thats a pretty
haha yea think thats a pretty big carpet thaught the ones we catch at lano jetty were big but this one makes ours look like a puppy
mulloway_hunter
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haha yea think thats a pretty
haha yea think thats a pretty big carpet thaught the ones we catch at lano jetty were big but this one makes ours look like a puppy
cuthbad
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lol mate ive hooked into a
lol mate ive hooked into a couple at lano jetty that destroyed me in minutes .... plenty of monster rays around. Hooking them is easy, landing em is the problem.
mulloway_hunter
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yea aint got to tell me twice
yea aint got to tell me twice lol. thoe it does help with a 60lb drag on your side