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Old 07-23-2013, 09:39 AM
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I've eaten cow nose rays but didn't care for the taste or texture. It's not the same as skate. I enjoy eating skate and often wonder why people throw them back. Not sure what the regs are regarding them but we hooked into a cow nose ray a few years ago around Chincoteague Va. Of course it was hooked up on a fluke pole with 12lb test on it, isn't it always the way. So after about 45 minutes of backing down on it and having a stupid good time we did manage to boat it. I was in my 18ft runabout "Biff 2" with my sons so it was all fun. Was about 4ft wingspan. Wacked it with the shark hammer and brought it home. The meat on the wings has definite fibrous structure running the length of the wings. We cooked it real careful so as to really give it an honest try. We didn't like it, kinda chewy with a strong taste. Not really a "fishy" taste but a strong taste. And that's what I know about eating cow nose rays. Give em a try, maybe you'll like em. and they are going to wipe out some other species....
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Old 07-23-2013, 10:52 AM
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I caught a huge black ray - not cownose

last week off the beech from sandy hook

It had a long whiplike tail and must have been 75+ pounds
yup couple species of big True stingray's off NJ (not cow nosed),.. not terribly common but they are big! I saw one at the mud buoy in a chum slick as a kid that was monstrous, and another at 17 fathoms, and another that tried to eat a tuna jig first bounce off the bottom on the lump near the atlantic princess wreck..and one last summer on the flats on the north side of fire island inlet... they were all HUGE, all a very dark blackish color.. someone told me roughtail stingray
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Old 07-24-2013, 12:46 AM
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I saw a small shark off the red church on monday!! I saw plenty of rays as well, but this definitely was no ray ...It had the color of a cobia , but looked way too long
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Old 07-24-2013, 08:18 AM
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Cow nosed Rays, they're everywhere now that the water warmed up..
saw some big ones on Sunday off Deal...
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Old 07-26-2013, 11:08 AM
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These rays are still in the river and slowly migrating way way up. It's pretty crazy. I see them when I am driving my truck over the bridges. Just the sheer numbers of them are going to wipe out a lot of stuff! No good.

Is there really no use for these fish? You know how they are trying to control the Lionfish population in Florida and the Gulf??? Maybe these rays are going to be our Lionfish.
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Old 07-26-2013, 12:40 PM
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Cow Nose Rays. You mistook the tips of their wings for the dorsal fin(s) of a shark.
Yup....Cow Nosed Rays...watch 'em from my balcony everyday...all day....they eat the clams up like peanuts...clammers should be worried! Big problem south of us...especially Cheasepeake Bay...they're trying a few things to get rid of 'em!
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Old 07-26-2013, 01:15 PM
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eat em! anythings good fried
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