Poulnasherry Bay, West Clare 20th. May 2009

People: Ross

Duration: 3.5 hrs

Tide: Midday to 3.30pm HW 3.30pm

Weather: Beautiful, mild, sunny light WNW breeze

Bait: Fresh Mackerel

Rigs: Pulley Rigs 4/0 hook

Results:

3 Thornback Ray AT LAST !




Report:
Have been catching only dogfish here for the last few days.
A lot of the fresh water had run off so maybe that helped things.
My first ray of the year.
Did not weigh them but 2 were around 6/7 lbs. and one was about 4 lbs.
One of the bigger ones was missing most of his tail.
All were returned alive including Stumpy!

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thats mad him missing his tail!!!

nice fishing

well done on the ray ,u got rewarded for sticking at it,still waiting on my first one (ray that is )

Thats a Manx ray

Well done on the ray, always nice to get what you target

Nice one Ross, that tail less ray certainly look a little strange. I wonder how it lost it?

Big Crabs in Poulnasherry!

nice going 3 good fish there cant wait 2 get over that way might get down the weekend what bait were you useing

Bait: Fresh Mackerel
Caught at The Castle jut outside Kilkee.

Good to see the ray are back there. Fished a Limerick mark for nearly 5 hours Sunday with only one dog to show. Fresh was still coming down the estuary at that stage.

I had a ray over the winter from north kerry with the tail missing in the same place and the jaw had been ripped out of place more than likely taking a hook out. Probably some idiot angler cut it's tail off thinking it's a stinger.

Donagh

have heard reports of more good ray coming in down that side

7 kg. Ray caught from shore Carrigaholt.
Also heard that netsmen get ray out of nets by cutting the tail off! Barbaric!

Heard of 7 kg. Ray caught from shore Carrigaholt.

Sorry ! Heard it twice!

heard of one over 9lb and was impressed - 7kg - im salivating!

Nice one Ross, that tail less ray certainly look a little strange. I wonder how it lost it?

He got tailed off

Its probably those guys who used to travel down to Foynes and do something similar when they caught ray now they cant fish the pier in Foynes so are fishing the Clare side

Its probably those guys who used to travel down to Foynes and do something similar when they caught ray now they cant fish the pier in Foynes so are fishing the Clare side

aye the infamous "dubs"

some nice ray there for a short session man . strange ray missing a tail