Need a line stretched? - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

bennofish7 · 08-31-2009, 08:30 AM

I guess I'll be a little more careful handling them from here on....
Thanks for the clarification.

JrBasser · 08-31-2009, 12:49 PM

Yes they definitely do have a stinger.

I will be down there tonight with a couple friends looking to tie into a monster if anyone is interested. We'll be fishing right by the bridge at the bahia parking lot.

My brother with our Double Hook up result: His fish is the bigger one on the right.

chefchatten · 08-31-2009, 02:10 PM

^^^^^^^Just wondering why you took that shark ond those rays? Do you eat them?

JrBasser · 08-31-2009, 03:13 PM

Nothing was taken. They were landed. we have a promar lobster net we use as a cradle when we land the big rays. The rocks here are a shallow slope and small rocks so we can carry them up safely and remove the hooks, get a quick picture, then carry them back down to the water. In fact this process is usally done so quickly we don't have time to remove the eel grass and hook from the fishes mouth before pictures /\.

And Matt, we actually haven't had any big rays swallow a hook. They kind of run and chew, run and chew. run and chew. Of the two hooks we've been using, Mustad 7/0 stainless hooks and gami 4/0 circles. we have not hooked a fish outside of the corner of the mouth on either. The circle hooks only really help with the smaller baits where you have by catch. The shark above was caught on a carolina rig with a circle hook. The two bigger rays above were caught on the rig I mentioned earlier with the bigger hooks. In my post about cutting the hook out, I was referring to what I would do on the kayak with a big ray. And If I were on the kayak, I would not be intending to catch and release rays, therefore may not be fishing circle hooks.

JrBasser · 09-01-2009, 05:58 PM

So we gave it a go last night for NO luck. But long story short, I know where I'll be lobster opener!

08-31-2009, 03:13 PM	#4
JrBasser Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 260	Nothing was taken. They were landed. we have a promar lobster net we use as a cradle when we land the big rays. The rocks here are a shallow slope and small rocks so we can carry them up safely and remove the hooks, get a quick picture, then carry them back down to the water. In fact this process is usally done so quickly we don't have time to remove the eel grass and hook from the fishes mouth before pictures /\. And Matt, we actually haven't had any big rays swallow a hook. They kind of run and chew, run and chew. run and chew. Of the two hooks we've been using, Mustad 7/0 stainless hooks and gami 4/0 circles. we have not hooked a fish outside of the corner of the mouth on either. The circle hooks only really help with the smaller baits where you have by catch. The shark above was caught on a carolina rig with a circle hook. The two bigger rays above were caught on the rig I mentioned earlier with the bigger hooks. In my post about cutting the hook out, I was referring to what I would do on the kayak with a big ray. And If I were on the kayak, I would not be intending to catch and release rays, therefore may not be fishing circle hooks. Last edited by JrBasser; 08-31-2009 at 03:26 PM.

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08-31-2009, 08:30 AM	#1
bennofish7 Junior Join Date: May 2007 Location: carlsbad Posts: 10	I guess I'll be a little more careful handling them from here on.... Thanks for the clarification.

08-31-2009, 12:49 PM	#2
JrBasser Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 260	Yes they definitely do have a stinger. I will be down there tonight with a couple friends looking to tie into a monster if anyone is interested. We'll be fishing right by the bridge at the bahia parking lot. My brother with our Double Hook up result: His fish is the bigger one on the right.

08-31-2009, 02:10 PM	#3
chefchatten Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: 92107 Posts: 36	^^^^^^^Just wondering why you took that shark ond those rays? Do you eat them?

09-01-2009, 05:58 PM	#5
JrBasser Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 260	So we gave it a go last night for NO luck. But long story short, I know where I'll be lobster opener!