N Devon... anywhere from the taw/torridge estuary up to Morte Point. Best chance from Morte Bay beaches. Squid will take them but sandeel is by far the best. Blondes are good from early summer to mid autumn. Lots of smalleyed here too, for much longer. Hope this helps.

 

I've had them from a spot in the South Hams, had several on live prawn (the ultimate ray bait!) and live sandeel. Off a sandy bottom about 6m deep from low up to mid tide at night. Excuse the dodgy mobile phone shot.

 

Gow, Nice fish mate. You might want to re-title your photo to Spotted.jpg though as it is not a blonde. Did you catch this one on prawn?

 

thanks bud:thumbs: will keep them in mind and check out the o/s map for the area , ty again:clap2:

N Devon... anywhere from the taw/torridge estuary up to Morte Point. Best chance from Morte Bay beaches. Squid will take them but sandeel is by far the best. Blondes are good from early summer to mid autumn. Lots of smalleyed here too, for much longer. Hope this helps.

 

yes i must agree that does look like a spotted :g: :g:

Gow, Nice fish mate. You might want to re-title your photo to Spotted.jpg though as it is not a blonde. Did you catch this one on prawn?

 

Ooooh you cheeky buggers, she's a blonde I tell ya I know the photo's a bit sketchy. Here's a Spotted caught in the same session. Now say sorry!

 

Gow, Sorry Mate but they are both Spotted Ray.:blink: The spots do not go to the edge of the wings on either of the fish in the two photos. Another nice fish though:clap3: . Were they from Cornwall or Devon waters?

If you still need to clarify the correct ID - Take a look at Fishbase.org. :idea:

 

:blink: :g: hhhmmmm i am going to check this out i must agree with rock they do look like spotteds to me but i will check ur photo's against my manuals at home

 

I think that you'll find that they are Spotted Rays, not Blonde Rays.

I have caught both and they have been identified for me by a very knowledgable Skipper!

 

I think that you'll find that they are Spotted Rays, not Blonde Rays.

I have caught both and they have been identified for me by a very knowledgable Skipper!

thought i was right cheers kato:yeah: :clap2: :doh:

 

Hmmm, we'd actually ID'd it as a blonde as the spots did extended to the wing tips and the snout was a different shape, giving it a second look it doesn't look like that in the photo at all though, dunno if we were being gormless or if that's a picture of the wrong fish. However I'm not going to be ungracious in defeat, here's a nice picture of an undulate ray :g: we caught in the same session to say sorry.

 

Hmmm, we'd actually ID'd it as a blonde as the spots did extended to the wing tips and the snout was a different shape, giving it a second look it doesn't look like that in the photo at all though, dunno if we were being gormless or if that's a picture of the wrong fish. However I'm not going to be ungracious in defeat, here's a nice picture of an undulate ray :g: we caught in the same session to say sorry.

:g: :blink: :g: gow that is definately a small eyed ray i know because i have caught over 300 of them :yeah: , an undulate ray has white lines and many white spots and mostly caught off the boat or in the channel islands and maybe in the middle of summer around the s/e shore line . nice fish though

 

lol, ha ha got you there rayking mate,:clap2: I know it's a small eye really! Never caught an undulate ray, have you had one?

 

Apology accepted M8. You must be from Camborne to get it that wrong.:kissing:

 

hi all i am looking for some marks in devon or cornwall to try and catch the ray that has not been caught by me yet , a lovely blonde from shore . if any one has any info ( tides, bait, etc ) i would be very grateful . i know its early but i need to plan my weeks off work in advance , and need some kind of foothold on it this year . looking forward to any suggestions or even a meet with fellow wsf anglers :thumbs:

Hi there rayking if you do fine one can you gave her my mob no thanks tight lines

 

lol, ha ha got you there rayking mate,:clap2: I know it's a small eye really! Never caught an undulate ray, have you had one?

:yeah: nice one bud , no i have not caught an undulate ray i know they can be caught off the shore in the channel islands , i shall inquire though:fishing1: :fishing:

 

Hi there rayking if you do fine one can you gave her my mob no thanks tight lines

lol:clap3: nice one rock u will have to have the sloppy seconds she's gotta go through me 1st :yeah: :yeah:

 

loads of thornback rays been taken up woodspring priory (St Thomas's head)
7,8,9lbers

 

Undulates get caught quite regularly off chesil, had one there myself last autumn

 

Undulates get caught quite regularly off chesil, had one there myself last autumn

nice one rumpus i shall be checking chesil this year ty for info maybe i will get 1 :yeah: :clap3:

 

hi all i am looking for some marks in devon or cornwall to try and catch the ray that has not been caught by me yet , a lovely blonde from shore . if any one has any info ( tides, bait, etc ) i would be very grateful . i know its early but i need to plan my weeks off work in advance , and need some kind of foothold on it this year . looking forward to any suggestions or even a meet with fellow wsf anglers :thumbs:

if you want to catch blondes you need to be looking at southhams ,i have alot of blondes, there try soarmill cove ,but you will not get them untill late july august ,had a try out mothercombe last night smalleyeds to 12lb 2 if that intrests you and a bully just under 9lb

 

hi all i am looking for some marks in devon or cornwall to try and catch the ray that has not been caught by me yet , a lovely blonde from shore . if any one has any info ( tides, bait, etc ) i would be very grateful . i know its early but i need to plan my weeks off work in advance , and need some kind of foothold on it this year . looking forward to any suggestions or even a meet with fellow wsf anglers :thumbs:

Ah bling you only got to ask and i will take you ,just stick to ammo eels for bait tried all the rest gar squid macky but sand eel works the best ,nice tides for the next shore league ,guranteed a small eyed and maybe a spotted.

 

if you want to catch blondes you need to be looking at southhams ,i have alot of blondes, there try soarmill cove ,but you will not get them untill late july august ,had a try out mothercombe last night smalleyeds to 12lb 2 if that intrests you and a bully just under 9lb

ty bud what team do u fish for? as i fish for seafarers, nice small eye ray always interrested about any type of ray , i thought it was a bit early down m/combe for them nice huss as well:thumbs: its my mission to catch a blonde this year so any info would be great ty :yeah: :fish:

 

Ah bling you only got to ask and i will take you ,just stick to ammo eels for bait tried all the rest gar squid macky but sand eel works the best ,nice tides for the next shore league ,guranteed a small eyed and maybe a spotted.

i'll take u up on that offer then :clap3:

 

ty bud what team do u fish for? as i fish for seafarers, nice small eye ray always interrested about any type of ray , i thought it was a bit early down m/combe for them nice huss as well:thumbs: its my mission to catch a blonde this year so any info would be great ty :yeah: :fish:

Usally get the first run this time of the year ,down the rope ,there was a lot of rubbish down there so it has been fished alot recently ,I fish for rodbenders so i should not take that much working out ,just looked at my catches for blondes last year ,had 9 in total but only 2 of theme were doubles the best 20lb 50z and the other 12lb 120z but i took my mate and he had one 18lb 110z so it does chuck them up the rest were between 5lb and 7lb,but not till later in the year