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Blonde and Spotted Rays

#1 Post by Tuna Hunter »

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

#2 Post by kieran »

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

#3 Post by chuckaroo »

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

#4 Post by ste c »

Blondes? Nice fishing if from the shore
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#5 Post by Tuna Hunter »

Yes from the shore.

Biggest blonde was 10lb 2oz.
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#7 Post by mcknzAlex »

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

#9 Post by donal domeney »

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.

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#10 Post by Teegerstk »

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

#12 Post by guernica84 »

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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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

#13 Post by DarrenNiall »

Cracking session.
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Not Jealous at all :lol: :lol:
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#15 Post by Tuna Hunter »

That was the third good session I had at them.

Hopefully go at them again next week
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#16 Post by Thresher56 »

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

#17 Post by Rod Tips »

Bravo!! Great results, beautiful Rays
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#18 Post by tight lines »

Thats some great session well done
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