Biggest Sting Ray I Have Ever Seen, and CAUGHT!

[Dino]

I think they call these guys Butterfly rays.. it has the wider shape almost like a diamond. incredible catch

[jmurr711]

thats awesome dude i have caught some decent cownoses but nothing like that ever! that woulda made a hell alot of philly scallops

[wayniac]

great fish congrats on landing it ,just wanted to give a heads up people,because of my stupity a few years ago of bringing a cow nose ray into the boat and getting stung(very painful).I suggest not to do that ,but if by your own choice you do the same and you do get stung do not use ice it traps the poison in you..Heat draws the poison out. fish on

[codbuster]

Originally Posted by wayniac

great fish congrats on landing it ,just wanted to give a heads up people,because of my stupity a few years ago of bringing a cow nose ray into the boat and getting stung(very painful).I suggest not to do that ,but if by your own choice you do the same and you do get stung do not use ice it traps the poison in you..Heat draws the poison out. fish on

Bleach!!!!!!! I thank Dom on the Gambler for this tip!! Got pricked by a doggie on the arm and Dom said BLEACH!! The hard swelling went down in a few hrs..

[JerseyCoast]

Nice catch!! How the hell did you release it after the battle? Must have taken 3 guys!

Almost positive its a butterfly as mentioned. Also, bleach is the best thing without a RX that you will find for stingers! Good tip on not using the ice as well!

I heard of a ST being caught just north of BI earlier this week. It was on for about 45 minutes, estimated at 7 feet, but it chewed through the leader. Guy told me he was using 300lb mono leader. He said he had a live bluefish, held down with a 24oz sinker that was dropped from his yak.

There is no doubt they are swimming in the wash, especially the last couple of weeks. Look at all of the food on the menu in tight for them.

Good Luck on the Tiger Quest and again..... one hell of a landing there! I dont know of many guys who would have worked it as well as you did there. Nice job!

[beachbunker732]

My brother and I couldn't even move it further than maybe an inch at a time... so we inched it towards the water, and waited for the waves to make it easier, luckily a big wave came and we just pushed as the water receded and took the ray with it!

[QUOTE=JerseyCoast]Nice catch!! How the hell did you release it after the battle? Must have taken 3 guys!

[SaltLife1980]

Anyone know what type of Ray that is... been looking and cant seem to figure it out

[beachbunker732]

Smooth Butterfly Ray

Originally Posted by SaltLife1980

Anyone know what type of Ray that is... been looking and cant seem to figure it out

[Take a kid fishing]

Got 2 bull nosed rays last weekend on LBI off the surf but not even close to what you go there. Crazy feeling that these things are swimming with us or us with them.

[QUOTE=beachbunker732]My brother and I couldn't even move it further than maybe an inch at a time... so we inched it towards the water, and waited for the waves to make it easier, luckily a big wave came and we just pushed as the water receded and took the ray with it!

Originally Posted by JerseyCoast

Nice catch!! How the hell did you release it after the battle? Must have taken 3 guys!

Beach,

Awesome catch and even more awesome job returning it to the water unharmed. A creature like that deserves to be set free. Never saw a ray that big and never thought we had them that size in this area. I'm sure there are more fish / rays etc swimming in our waters which would shock us all.

Again great pictures, thanks for sharing.

Dakota