small ray is I caught at Hillarys Marina
Submitted by njcooke on Sun, 2011-07-10 17:32
Does anyone know what this small ray is I caught at Hillarys Marina this morning...... One of the strangest things Ive ever caught, it had a small fish in its stomach maybe even a blowie :) I have never seen a ray with such a small tail
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fishy fingers
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Numb Ray
I think...Be very carefull if it is it can give you a nasty shock...I picked one up whilst diving under busselton jetty....found out
the hard way!
deepwater
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Numd Ray all right,.they can
Numd Ray all right,.they can zap the day lights out of you ,we use catch them in our cray pots in my pro days
jeff
grantarctic1
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Numb Ray
Definately looks like a Numb Ray. ( it had a small fish in its stomach ) Did you keep it ?
Edit.. Cool for the reliese, very interesting catch for the area, lucky you didn't get a zap.
Cheers grant
CodSquad
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Watch out
Numb ray, watch out that will shock the shit out of you!
njcooke
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Luckily didnt get shocked, but he nearly got a hold of my figer
Luckily didnt get shocked, but he nearly got a hold of my finger whilst releasing, amazing bend on his back to nearly bite his own tail :)
Not sure what type of fish he had in him as the fish and himself was released successfully as I hope to release everything I catch.....
Good to add another species to the list, was a strange looking catch all round that day including Leatherjackets and Goatfish :)
njcooke
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Coffin Ray
Also known as a Coffin Ray,
a potential of 200Volts of electric shock, would have been a funny story to tell .......especially as I work for an electrical safety company :)
thesupervisor
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i got many of these last year
i got many of these last year at the 3mile at night i just cut the line
can they killyou with the shock?
will they shock you thru the pliers if removing the hooks? or is it best to just cut the line
getting the bottom line final answer from a bunch of blokes that use false names and put smiley faces at the end of paragraphs is not the best place in the world to get the information you seek.
carnarvonite
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Shock
If you are using metal pliers you are asking to get a wallop and they can give you a good one. Its like grabbing a spark plug lead on your car while its still running.
Easiest thing is to cut the line.
The_Wanderer
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Ask Sherbs about his
Ask Sherbs about his experiecne with one.
dkonig82
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Does it shock you from a
Does it shock you from a specific point on its body? Or anywhere on the thing?
When asked by a non-fisherman 'how many fishing rods do you really need?' the correct answer is either:
n+1 (where n is the number of fishing rods you currently own); or
n-1 (where n is the number of fishing rods which would cause your significant other to dump you.
till
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They have special discharge
They have special discharge organs at the base of the pec fins IIRC.
fishnut
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unlucky I know, but I had to
unlucky I know, but I had to bring a semi-conscious dive buddy to the surface after he blacked out from a zap from a monster numbfish in Ningaloo. Sounded like a gun when it went off underwater.