Had a great session on Sunday night at a mark in Donegal Bay.
Ended with 18 rays, 7 blondes and 11 spotted. Great fight from the Blonde Rays.
Had Pollack, Wrasse, Scad, Conger, dogfish, mackerel and sandeel too.
Blonde and Spotted Rays
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Tuna Hunter
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Re: Blonde and Spotted Rays
Is this off the shore? any pics?
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Re: Blonde and Spotted Rays
Yeah, we know it says 'Shore Angling Reports' but just checking was this defo from the shore..? Deadly session regardless. Brilliant.
Any size to the rays?
Where's the mark?
Any size to the rays?
Where's the mark?
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Re: Blonde and Spotted Rays
Blondes? Nice fishing if from the shore
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Re: Blonde and Spotted Rays
Yes from the shore.
Biggest blonde was 10lb 2oz.
Biggest blonde was 10lb 2oz.
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Re: Blonde and Spotted Rays
That surely is a huge spotted ray. It seems like you had so much fun and it did pay off.
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Re: Blonde and Spotted Rays
A quick way to id them the spots on the blonde go all the way out to the end of the wings.mcknzAlex wrote:That surely is a huge spotted ray. It seems like you had so much fun and it did pay off.
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Re: Blonde and Spotted Rays
Damn that's a beautiful ray. Sounds like a great session
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Re: Blonde and Spotted Rays
Never had either from the shore, just a spotted from the boat. Had thornies, painted, undulate and sting from shore but need these 2 and the cuckoo. Deep water? Don't hear of many blondes caught from the shore.
2013 species (23 shore): flounder, plaice, turbot, dab, coalfish, pollock, codling, mackerel, cuttlefish, silver eel, pouting, 3b & 5b rockling, white trout, salmon, whiting, LSD, ballan, corkwing & goldsinney wrasse, thornback & spotted ray, red gurnard, lesser weever, LSSS
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2015 shore (37): cod, flounder, pollack, coalfish, poor cod, 5 bd rockling, shore rockling, whiting, LSD, plaice, dab, thornback ray, undulate ray, stingray, garfish, conger, ballan wrasse, corkwing wrasse, rock-cook wrasse, goldsinney wrasse, tub gurnard, common & tompot blenny, rock goby, pout, greater sandeel, mackerel, smoothhound, turbot, haddock, scad, red mullet, black bream, silver eel, bass, lesser weever, lsss
2014 shore (27): flounder, plaice, turbot, dab, coalfish, pollock, codling, mackerel, silver eel, pouting, 5b rockling, whiting, LSD, GSD, tope, smoothhound, ballan&corkwing wrasse, thornback & painted ray, tub gurnard, bass, common blenny, rock goby, haddock, LSSS, poor cod
2015 shore (37): cod, flounder, pollack, coalfish, poor cod, 5 bd rockling, shore rockling, whiting, LSD, plaice, dab, thornback ray, undulate ray, stingray, garfish, conger, ballan wrasse, corkwing wrasse, rock-cook wrasse, goldsinney wrasse, tub gurnard, common & tompot blenny, rock goby, pout, greater sandeel, mackerel, smoothhound, turbot, haddock, scad, red mullet, black bream, silver eel, bass, lesser weever, lsss
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Re: Blonde and Spotted Rays
Cracking session.
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Re: Blonde and Spotted Rays
Not Jealous at all
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Re: Blonde and Spotted Rays
That was the third good session I had at them.
Hopefully go at them again next week
Hopefully go at them again next week
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Re: Blonde and Spotted Rays
Thats a cracking session. Well done!
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Re: Blonde and Spotted Rays
Bravo!! Great results, beautiful Rays
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Re: Blonde and Spotted Rays
Thats some great session well done
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