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  • 26/08/2013 Fishing Report by nick smith on Samuel Irvin 3 (Dartmouth, Devon)

    26 Aug 2013 by nick smith

    Report on-board Samuel Irvin 3

    Target species was to be big blonde rays, we set of at 8am and within 10 minutes were all dropping feathers to get fresh bait. The mackerel were plentiful and only 15 feet down, so was a simple case of dropping down and stopping at the end of the leader.
    Within half hour of leaving harbor we were anchoring up and dropping our baits down for the rays. We were all using 30/50lb class rods, mainly to counter the 2lb weights that were needed in such a strong tide to hold bottom which is a must for the ray fishing. The business end was a 6/0 - 7/0 hook fished either single or pennel style, attached to a 5 foot long 80lb trace. Bait was a whole squid and half a mackerel fillet (length ways) or just the mackerel fillet, the fillet being only hooked once to trail and flap in the tide.
    Within 10 minutes we had our first ray that took nearly 15 minutes to land even with the heavy gear. The fishing continued like this for the rest of the morning and into the early afternoon with over 40 blonde rays being landed with severel pb's being beaten and the biggest ray topping 28lb.


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