skate - does no one like fishing for ??

[Ben]

i would like to give them ago from the boat, i know there are good places for thornies from the shore at the right time of year, i think stokes bay is 1 of the good spots and browndown

[pestguard1]

I do ..........as you can see from avatar ..........171lb

[aks19]

Thats one BIG fish! 171lb I want one!

[pestguard1]

1 hour 10 min to get it to surface..........................so,.........if anyone is continplating catching one of these .....................you`d better have a bit of muscle and staminer.........cos these dont half go sum.
I could`nt pick up a cup of tes after this one.

[Fishing Forum Admin]

Lovely skate there

MMM looks like skate fishing is not for me as get a nose bleed even when I put on trainers

[Ben]

just imagin what it would be like if you got out the door

[Charter Skipper]

Love fishing for rays,and am planning a trip to Oban to have a go at "proper" skate fishing next year,if i can get a few weeks to myself !!.....

[Lookfar]

Originally Posted by Ben

i would like to give them ago from the boat,

No problem in the Solent area, Ben. If you get out codding, likely to see thornbacks turn up as a by-catch. Targetting them, Sandown Bay is good for small-eyed, thornbacks turn up anywhere, there's spotted rays on most sandbanks, blondes on the offshore banks (and occasionally on the cod grounds). Undulates seem much patchier though.

Steve

[iowangler]

hi fellas theres a mark about a mile to mile and a half of the pier in sandown bay good for painteds, spotties, odd thornies and blondes
watch out for the nets as theres a boat ripping the shit out of the bay he`s out there every other day and the bouyes are quite small!!!!
john

[Drew]

Hi Floks,

You might as well tie a dustbin lid to your line and drop it overboard, then wind it in as it hits the bottom. There is no sport in that.

Cheers

Drew