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sting ray

#1 Post by lucky »

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Report:after hours and hours .day after day going to kerry to get my first sting ray. I final got what I have been looking for .. for years... at first I thought it was a b ass as it did not give the usual ray bite. But what a fight it went from right to left. The mark I was fishing is a shallow beach so I waded in thinking it was a bass but when I put my head lamp onto it to lift out. s*** two steps back. Finally got it to the beach.. and was I chuffed..

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SHORE SPECIES 2012... coalie,

boat species09~~~pollack,cod,haddock,whiting,doggies,bullhuss,tope,john dory,thornebsck,blonde,blue shark,spur dog,wrase,gunnard,pouting,

shore species 2010~~~ dab,flounder,thorneback ray,pollack,plaice,coalies,turbot,wrasse,bull huss, lsd...

boat trips 4 result..pouting,, spurdog.pollack,
shore trips 2010.... 36.....

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#2 Post by sea serpant »

Fairplay puttin the hours in and finally gettin the species you were after there no better feelin
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#3 Post by Kgarr »

Well done! I know what a 'quest' feels like, it's worth it in the end!!!! Looking forward to that pic!
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#4 Post by saltydog »

Well done Alan cracking fish...[img]http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/10/02/ranerese.jpg[/img][img]http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/10/02/a4u9ejup.jpg[/img][img]http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/10/02/8ehymuja.jpg[/img]
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Shore Species 2010 (26) - Bass, Black Goby, Bull Huss, Coalfish, Cod, Dab, Dogfish, Five Bearded Rockling, Flounder, Grey Gurnard, Lesser Weaver, Mackerel, Mullet, Plaice, Pollack, Poor cod, Pouting, Rock Goby, Shore Rockling, Silver eel, Starry Smooth Hound, Thornback Ray, Tope, Tub Gurnard, Turbot, Whiting

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For those not on tapatalk here they are again...
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Shore Species 2011 (31) Ballan Wrasse, Bass, Bullhuss, Coalfish, Cod, Conger, Corkwing Wrasse, Cuckoo Ray, Dab, Dogfish, Five Bearded Rockling, Flounder, Goldsinny Wrasse, Long Spined Sea Scorpion, Mackerel, Plaice, Pollack, Poor Cod, Pouting, Rock Goby, Shanny, Shore Rockling, Short Spined Sea Scorpion, Thornback Ray, Three Bearded Rockling, Tompot Blenny, Tope, Tub Gurnard, Turbot, Undulate Ray, Whiting

Shore Species 2010 (26) - Bass, Black Goby, Bull Huss, Coalfish, Cod, Dab, Dogfish, Five Bearded Rockling, Flounder, Grey Gurnard, Lesser Weaver, Mackerel, Mullet, Plaice, Pollack, Poor cod, Pouting, Rock Goby, Shore Rockling, Silver eel, Starry Smooth Hound, Thornback Ray, Tope, Tub Gurnard, Turbot, Whiting

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#6 Post by stevecrow74 »

Nice one Alan, jammy sod :wink:


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#7 Post by chuckaroo »

great stuff, well done.
hard to get a sense of scale from those pics... not that it should matter too much i suppose, but what weight was in it?
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#8 Post by JOHN1 »

well done fine fish and well worth the wait :wink: 8)
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#9 Post by freedom1916 »

Smashing fish Alan. Well deserved for all the hours put in.
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#10 Post by The Austrian »

brilliant achievement Allen, makes it all worthwhile, congratulations!
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#11 Post by dave18 »

Crackling fish well done hopefully more to come :-)
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#12 Post by aido coxy »

Well done Worth the wait!!!
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#13 Post by gitsea M »

well done lucky you must change your name to persistent.
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#14 Post by the weasel »

Fair play Alan on putting in the time and effort to get what you have wanted to get.
Just took a look at the photos alan you must have being on some high after landing a fine fish like that

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#15 Post by lucky13 »

fair play lucky,jah'sus thats a beast of a stingray how heavy is that lump of a fish?
well done fearr,time and effort and dragging yourself up and down to kerry for years has finally paid off...well done man,you got what you were looking for! :wink:
you must have a serious sense of accomplishment going on,much deserved!!!
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#16 Post by lucky13 »

lucky wrote:
Will ask saltydog to post the pictures for me as it is saying file to big to post


try www.picresize.com and choose 800 resolution..works for cameras with high image quality,i use a canon400d and tis grand for it...
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#17 Post by paul skelly »

Well done Alan fair play for sticking at it;)
Stingray is defo on my bucket list :)
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#18 Post by ollie »

Nice one Alan, mission accomplished !
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#19 Post by sailnfish »

great stuff :)
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#20 Post by lucky »

Thanks for all the reply lads.. it was no beast but a stinger all the same weight 12pounds 8oz...
SHORE SPECIES 2012... coalie,

boat species09~~~pollack,cod,haddock,whiting,doggies,bullhuss,tope,john dory,thornebsck,blonde,blue shark,spur dog,wrase,gunnard,pouting,

shore species 2010~~~ dab,flounder,thorneback ray,pollack,plaice,coalies,turbot,wrasse,bull huss, lsd...

boat trips 4 result..pouting,, spurdog.pollack,
shore trips 2010.... 36.....

wish list 2010..sea trout....

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