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Winter Painted Ray

Permanent Linkby Martin Mc Gowan on Sat Dec 03, 2011 10:52 pm

Team Ullcatch, were out again during the week, and this time we were fishing in the beautiful Brandon Bay in Kerry. The game plan was to see if there was any painted ray around. The rays usually disappear in October, but due to the soft weather we thought it was still worth a shot. Painted ray are a great fish to catch in the surf, they give a tremendous fight, using those wings to glide in and out of the surf.

On a mild but stormy night we started our session, using sand-eel as the main bait. If there was ray around, this bait would do the job. It did not take long for our first bite of the night, when Eugene’s line was stripped from his reel. Eugene knew he was onto a good fish, and followed the fish two hundred yards down the beach with the fish dragging him assisted by the wind. To his shock he spotted a lovely bass of around five pounds and just below the bass was a fantastic painted ray. This was a dream start, but trying to land the two fish would not be easy. With two metre surfs the inevitable happened and it was bye-bye to the bass. He was gutted but he landed the ray. That was it for two hours until John Sheehan landed another painted ray weighing around four and half pounds. Next, Jerry O Connor landed another painted ray of three pounds. It was obvious the unseasonal weather had the fish confused, like all of us. When you can go out and catch wonderful fish like this though, who can complain?!

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