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Blonde and Spotted Rays

Postby Tuna Hunter » Wed Jul 31, 2019 9:42 am

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.
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Re: Blonde and Spotted Rays

Postby kieran » Wed Jul 31, 2019 11:11 am

Is this off the shore? any pics?
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Re: Blonde and Spotted Rays

Postby chuckaroo » Wed Jul 31, 2019 1:02 pm

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? :wink: :lol:
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Re: Blonde and Spotted Rays

Postby ste c » Wed Jul 31, 2019 9:41 pm

Blondes? Nice fishing if from the shore
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Re: Blonde and Spotted Rays

Postby Tuna Hunter » Wed Jul 31, 2019 11:09 pm

Yes from the shore.

Biggest blonde was 10lb 2oz.
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Re: Blonde and Spotted Rays

Postby Tuna Hunter » Wed Jul 31, 2019 11:34 pm

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Re: Blonde and Spotted Rays

Postby mcknzAlex » Thu Aug 01, 2019 1:54 am

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

Postby Tuna Hunter » Thu Aug 01, 2019 4:44 am

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Re: Blonde and Spotted Rays

Postby donal domeney » Thu Aug 01, 2019 8:41 am

mcknzAlex wrote:That surely is a huge spotted ray. It seems like you had so much fun and it did pay off.


A quick way to id them the spots on the blonde go all the way out to the end of the wings.

worth downloading this, https://www.fisheriesireland.ie/39-fish ... ml?lang=en
Boat species '15 (31) Shore species (21) Total species 40 Specimen: (B) Bluemouth .92kg,(B) Spotted ray 6lb,(S) Painted ray 12.4lb
Boat species '16 (30) Shore species (17) Total species 36
Boat species '17 (35) Shore species (22) Total species 37 Specimen: (B) Bluemouth, (S) Flounder
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Re: Blonde and Spotted Rays

Postby Teegerstk » Thu Aug 01, 2019 11:50 am

Damn that's a beautiful ray. Sounds like a great session
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Re: Blonde and Spotted Rays

Postby Tuna Hunter » Thu Aug 01, 2019 11:55 am

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Re: Blonde and Spotted Rays

Postby guernica84 » Thu Aug 01, 2019 9:08 pm

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.
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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
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Re: Blonde and Spotted Rays

Postby DarrenNiall » Sat Aug 03, 2019 9:39 am

Cracking session.
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Re: Blonde and Spotted Rays

Postby corkconian » Sat Aug 03, 2019 2:20 pm

Not Jealous at all :lol: :lol:
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Re: Blonde and Spotted Rays

Postby Tuna Hunter » Sat Aug 03, 2019 9:08 pm

That was the third good session I had at them.

Hopefully go at them again next week
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Re: Blonde and Spotted Rays

Postby Thresher56 » Sun Aug 04, 2019 6:14 pm

Thats a cracking session. Well done!
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Re: Blonde and Spotted Rays

Postby Rod Tips » Tue Aug 06, 2019 2:56 pm

Bravo!! Great results, beautiful Rays
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Re: Blonde and Spotted Rays

Postby tight lines » Thu Aug 08, 2019 8:24 pm

Thats some great session well done
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Re: Blonde and Spotted Rays

Postby Tuna Hunter » Tue Oct 29, 2019 4:13 pm

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