Ray fishing.

[silverfish]

Just after some info on ray fishing.Is it better at night or day to fish for rays.As had 6 last year all small eyed ray at night.Are they around in the daylight.All the best marty.

[pingu]

get most of ours arround here at night marty

had a couple daytime but when water was stirred up alot


dave

[silverfish]

Cheers mate.

[tonybolton]

I've had a few when on holiday around Padstow the last few years, always at night.

[geejayy]

ideally , i find night time best although they will show in daylight if the water is well coloured.
calm conditions are best on most venues , though the best tide state and moon phase varies from venue to venue .
as for most species i recon a big bright moon in a clear sky kills the fishing on most shallow venues, especially late autumn.
with most fishing its right place at the right time, catch reports will help but remember by the next week the tide cycle will have changed .

my most successful rigs have been- flowing trace or pulley. but theres a lot to be said for a up n over.

baitwise i'd go for worm n fish or squid n fish cocktails .
sandeel seems to be prefered by smalleyes and spotties but i don't think they are that fussy , its worth thinking about which natural foods will be about for them coz thats what they will be looking for.

i tend to give them just a little time to take the bait especially if its a large bait, experience helps here. but too much time on a small bait might result in a deeply hooked fish.